Shedding Light on the Risks
& Benefits of Medications 
Roughly four percent of Americans are taking a Prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) sleep aids are among the most widely used medicines. Their popularity has been spurred by aggressive marketing over the last decade, but also…
Aug 18, 2020
Editor’s note (08/06/20): Because COVID-19 is thought to attach itself to ACE-2 enzymes as a way to gain entry to the human body, some people believe that taking ACE inhibitors may increase one’s chances of…
Aug 3, 2020
Question: It’s summer, and I’m going to be spending a lot of time outdoors. I’m susceptible to heat rash. What is the best treatment for it?
Jul 31, 2020
If you visit the doctor from time to time for anything other than a routine checkup, it’s likely that at some point you’ve received a prescription for a type of drug called corticosteroids.
Jul 29, 2020
This chart compares 6 major erectile dysfunction drugs currently on the market: Viagra, Levitra, Cialis, Staxyn, Stendra, Caverject injections, and the MUSE suppository. Visit our Decision Guide to ED Drugs Name of Drug When to…
Jul 15, 2020
If you suffer from anxiety, panic disorder, or insomnia, your doctor may have prescribed you what’s known as benzodiazepines (or benzos). This class of drugs contains popular brands such as Xanax (alprazolam), Valium (diazepam), Ativan…
Jul 6, 2020
Gabapentin, a drug that’s primarily used to control seizures in patients with epilepsy and to ease nerve pain, is becoming one of the most misused and abused drugs in the country.
Jun 12, 2020
, also known as glucocorticoids or steroids, aren’t the same as the anabolic steroids athletes misuse. Corticosteroids are used to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases like asthma, allergies, rashes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and inflammatory…
May 14, 2020
Why take GERD drugs when you can change your diet? Many people would ask the opposite question, why not eat what you like if you can?
Mar 16, 2020
Can antibiotics cure the coronavirus? No. What about from the regular flu? No. But antibiotics can save your life if you have an infection like strep throat, MRSA or a wound.
Mar 4, 2020
If you are getting acceptable relief from non-drug approaches and OTC pain relievers, you will probably not need to add a prescription drug to the mix.
Jan 29, 2020
From the outside, a person with fibromyalgia looks perfectly normal. But on the inside, it can feel like the pain volume dial has been cranked up to high and can’t be turned down.
Dec 11, 2019
Headaches, nausea, feeling on edge, being exhausted and a low sex drive. The irony of antidepressants is that in some cases, side effects can cause symptoms similar to the depression they are supposed to treat.
Oct 28, 2019
As a personal trainer, I come into contact with young men who appear to be on anabolic steroids, typically taken to increase muscle mass and improve athletic performance.
Oct 16, 2019
In 2006, as she was preparing for her wedding, panic attacks began to take over Kara Baskin’s life. “I worried constantly that I was on the edge of bankruptcy, or dying of cancer, or that…
Sep 18, 2019
If you are 60+, stop taking these drugs now
Jul 17, 2019
What started out as a few pinprick-sized dots on my forearms on Christmas Day turned into a huge allergic reaction that would go on — in various forms — until the 4th of July.
Jun 13, 2019
Df you find yourself feeling anxious or on edge for no apparent reason while taking a cold medicine or diuretic, you most likely wouldn’t connect the two.
May 7, 2019
Lara Pizzorno minces no words when explaining why she didn’t want to take a class of drugs called bisphosphonates when she got a surprising diagnosis of osteopenia – weak bones, but not osteoporosis – at…
Apr 15, 2019
That’s a warning from researchers, based on the case of a 70-year-old man with stable heart disease who ate a marijuana edibles, one of the main compounds found in marijuana, because he thought it would…
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