When a medication works right, it boosts your health or helps you feel better. But a drug can bring on problems if it doesn't mix well with something else you put into your body, like another ...

WebMD’s Pill Identifier can help you put a name to an unknown medication. It identifies prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) meds that you take in solid form by mouth, like tablets and capsules.

People age 65 and older make up 12 percent of the U.S. population, but account for 34 percent of all prescription medication use and 30 percent of all over-the-counter medication use. [2] Because ...

You may have heard that mixing alcohol and medication can be a bad, even dangerous combination. Drinking combined with certain medications can cause symptoms like drowsiness, forgetfulness ...

Drug-induced lupus is more common in men because they are given these drugs more often; however, not everyone who takes these drugs will develop the disease. Specific criteria for diagnosing ...

However, medications should never be considered as the only source of hope. Information and advice, activities, social support, and treatments that don’t involve medication are just as important in ...

Compounded medications are customized or altered to meet a specific need (in this case, making a pill into a chewable medication). While compounded medications like this one use ingredients that ...

Why do we take drugs' has become the theme of a new art exhibition at a museum for the next six months. The show is set to explore how people consume narcotics across the world at the Sainsbury ...

It’s no secret that many Republicans have been in the pockets of the health insurers for years. However, are some Democrats ...

There are many cancer drugs and cancer drug combinations. They have individual side effects. The list includes chemotherapy, hormone therapies, targeted cancer drugs, immunotherapy drugs and ...

Side effects are common for people taking medications for dementia symptoms. For most people, these get better after a few weeks of taking the medication. However, not everyone has the same side ...

Spending two hours on hold to her pharmacy or GP each day has become the norm for Lorelei Mathias, 44, who has struggled to get a consistent supply of her prescription ADHD drugs since the ...