Browsing: Side Effects

“When your whole body is a giant toothache, nothing fixes it,” observes Charley Pavlosky, 65, recalling the systemic pain that…

Testosterone is a hormone, a chemical in your body that helps tell your organs and tissues what to do and…

✅ This article was reviewed and approved by Frieda Wiley, PharmD, member of our MedShadow Medical Advisory Board. As a…

Regular MedShadow readers are likely familiar with the idea of deprescribing—the process of reducing the number or dose of drugs…

A well-known diabetes drug has gotten a lot more popular over the last two years. In June 2021, Wegovy, a…

Modern medicines can be miracles that save us or our loved ones.  But they come with complexities.  No medicine goes…

Read through MedShadow’s coverage of the side effects of drugs and you’ll see many of the same side effects mentioned…

Pharmacists are working in many locations, not just behind the counter at the drugstore. Clinical pharmacists are in hospitals, assisted-living…

​Early in Dee Mangin’s career as a primary-care physician, she noticed that many people, especially older adults, were prescribed large…

October 25, 2021 update: The CDC found a deadly bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes the disease melioidosis in a lavender…