Why Some Medications Must Be Taken With Food and Others Without
Some medications must be taken with food because food physically shields the stomach lining from irritation, slows drug release to prevent dangerous blood...
Expired Medication: Is It Still Safe to Take?
The short answer is that most expired medications are probably still safe to take, but "probably" is not the kind of word you want to lean on when...
The Difference Between Drug Allergy and Drug Side Effect
A drug allergy and a drug side effect are fundamentally different reactions, though patients and even some healthcare providers routinely confuse them.
How Tolerance Works — And Why Your Dose Keeps Needing to Increase
Tolerance is your body learning to work around a drug. When you take a medication repeatedly, your liver gets better at breaking it down, your brain...
Why Two Drugs in the Same Class Can Feel Completely Different
Two drugs in the same class can feel completely different because they never were identical in the first place.
What Does ‘Half-Life’ of a Drug Actually Mean for Patients?
The half-life of a drug is the time it takes for the concentration of that medication in your body to drop by exactly half.
FDA Warns About Drug Sold on Amazon — Here’s What to Avoid
The FDA has issued multiple warnings and regulatory actions against products sold on Amazon that contain hidden prescription drugs, toxic plant compounds,...
The Antibiotic Doctors Say You Should Never Take Unless Absolutely Necessary
The antibiotic that doctors say you should never take unless absolutely necessary belongs to a class called fluoroquinolones — sold under familiar brand...
This Drug Was Approved 100 Years Ago and Still Has No Equal
The drug is insulin. Discovered in 1921 by Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best at the University of Toronto, insulin remains the only life-sustaining...
New Alzheimer’s Drug Covered by Medicare — Finally
After years of regulatory back-and-forth that left families frustrated and patients waiting, Medicare now covers two breakthrough Alzheimer's drugs that...