Shedding Light on the Risks
& Benefits of Medications
On Sept 17, 2025, the Senate Committee on Aging held a bipartisan hearing to discuss issues with drug manufacturing that put Americans — especially older Americans who…
Sep 23, 2025
Editor’s Note: On November 10, 2025, the BMJ published a new meta-analysis reviewing existing studies on the links between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and ADHD or autism…
Sep 25, 2025
The FDA revealed on June 18, 2024, that an unnamed number of drugs on the market right now were approved based on potentially fraudulent testing and data.1 This means there’s…
Jul 23, 2024
The first time Marilynn Monroe took Adderall (a combination of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine) for her ADHD, she says she cried tears of joy. She was…
May 30, 2025
Eight years ago, Lisa Salberg, now 56, received a heart transplant at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey after living with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (a heart…
Jun 19, 2025
Over the past few months, MedShadow has examined inconsistencies in the quality of ADHD medications. Our reporting uncovered evidence that certain generic medications dissolve at different rates than…
Sep 3, 2025
Two-thirds of Americans say they would be willing to pay more for medications if they were tested by an independent third party to ensure their…
Sep 15, 2025
Pain was one of the first sensations Brandy, 44, remembers. Born with spina bifida occulta, a defect that kept part of her spine from fully…
Nov 3, 2025
A generic drug is a medication designed to match an approved brand-name drug in almost every way: dosage form, safety, strength, route of administration, quality,…
Nov 18, 2025