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From Ashwagandha to St. John’s Wort: The Risks Behind 5 Trending Supplements

Like prescription drugs, supplements have side effects — but without FDA oversight, consumers are often left to assess the risks on their own.

Mar 27, 2025

The Unsettling Truth About Ciprofloxacin: A Wonder Drug’s Darker Side

This widely used antibiotic comes with serious risks—so why do doctors keep prescribing it?

Mar 21, 2025

What Vaccines Do I Need This Season?

Flu, COVID, RSV, Pneumonia, Measles, which shots do adults need?

Mar 17, 2025

The FDA’s New Drug Ad Rules Are Here. Will They Actually Change Anything?

The FDA has introduced new guidelines to enhance the transparency of drug commercials, aiming to protect consumers. But are these changes really making a difference?

Mar 3, 2025

Reckoning With The Complicated Side Effects Of Cannabis

While marijuana can provide relief from pain and sleeplessness for many, its side effects are deeply nuanced, shaped by factors such as potency, duration of use, methods of consumption, and the risk of dependence

Feb 6, 2025

FDA SIDE EFFECTS UPDATE: Depo Provera and Brain Tumors, Veozah Boxed Warning And More

Safety updates sourced directly from the FDA's Drug Safety Database, presented in clear and accessible language

Jan 13, 2025

FDA Side Effect Update: NSAIDs and Life-Threatening Reactions

Safety updates sourced directly from the FDA's Drug Safety Database, presented in clear and accessible language

Dec 11, 2024

Is Tamiflu Safe for Kids? Exploring the Risk of Hallucinations

25 years after the medication was first approved, the answer still isn’t clear.

Dec 1, 2024

Opinion: FDA Proposes Removing Sudafed PE and Cold Meds

An advisory committee unanimously decided that oral phenylephrine was ineffective a year ago. But Americans are still buying it

Nov 21, 2024

ADHD: Symptoms, Medications, and Drug-Free Strategies

Between 2020 and 2021, there was a large jump in the number of prescriptions doctors wrote for ADHD medications, according to the CDC. But even before 2020, prescriptions had been on the rise for nearly…

Aug 23, 2024

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