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A Safer Way to Tame Insomnia

One night in July 2022, a month after his first bout of COVID-19, Dan Elton woke up around 2:00 a.m. and couldn’t get back to…

Oct 29, 2025

INVESTIGATING GENERICS: Real People Share Their Struggles With Generic ADHD Medications

Since MedShadow began publishing our investigative series on quality issues with generic ADHD medications, thousands of people have commented on our TikTok account about their own experiences, and many…

Sep 29, 2025

Life on SSRIs: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated

SRIs — among the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S.— have seen a steady rise in use since their debut in the 1980s. This class of medications is considered…

Aug 14, 2025

FDA SIDE EFFECTS UPDATE: Tetracycline Antibiotics and Serious Skin Reactions, New Rinvoq Warnings for GCA

Welcome to the FDA Side Effects Update. This series is designed to keep you informed about the latest safety advisories and newly documented side effects…

Jun 5, 2025

FDA SIDE EFFECTS UPDATE: Abilify Pregnancy Risk And More

Welcome to the FDA Side Effects Update. This series is designed to keep you informed about the latest safety advisories and newly documented side effects…

Mar 17, 2025

FDA SIDE EFFECTS UPDATE: Antipsychotic Drugs and Breast Cancer Risk

Welcome to the FDA Side Effects Update. This series is designed to keep you informed about the latest safety advisories and newly documented side effects…

Feb 28, 2025

FDA Drug Recalls and Warnings: Websites Selling Illegal GLP-1s, Plus More

Welcome to the FDA Recalls and Warnings Update, a series dedicated to keeping you informed about the latest medication recalls, manufacturing violations, and quality concerns…

Feb 14, 2025

FDA Side Effect Update: Ayvakit, Brilinta, Caduet, and More

Welcome to the FDA Side Effects Update. This series is designed to keep you informed about the latest safety advisories and newly documented side effects…

Dec 4, 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…

Aug 23, 2024

Navigating the Risks: Understanding the Dangers of Wellbutrin

Bupropion, commonly known by its brand names Wellbutrin and Zyban, has garnered attention in recent years for its effectiveness in treating depression, seasonal affective disorder…

Jun 10, 2024

Everything You Need to Know About Hypertension

High blood pressure (hypertension) is sometimes called the “silent killer.” It often has no symptoms at all, but it can raise your risk of deadly events such as heart…

May 13, 2024

Outdoor Recreation Boosts Mental Health

I love this time of year, and maybe that has a lot to do with where I am blessed enough to live. In the heart…

Apr 15, 2024

7 Natural Home Remedies To Manage Tuberculosis Symptoms

Tuberculosis (TB) mainly affects the lungs. However, it can also spread to other parts of the body — such as the kidney, spine, lymphatic system, and…

Mar 5, 2024

Understanding Topical Medications: Types, Benefits, and Side Effects for Managing Skin Conditions

Skin conditions can range from a mild annoyance, like an occasional blemish or patch of dry skin, to hives, rashes, and patches of scaly skin…

Feb 5, 2024

Thyroid Problems: Symptoms, Treatments and Side Effects

What Is A Thyroid? Your thyroid is a gland in the front of your neck that makes two hormones: thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). These hormones guide…

Jul 5, 2023

Diet, Exercise and Drugs for Autoimmune Diseases

Usually, our immune systems protect us from all kinds of outside invaders like the bacteria that causes strep throat and the virus that causes COVID,…

Mar 6, 2023

Heart Disease Prevention, Treatments and Side Effects

Do you ever have acid reflux and wonder if it’s really a heart attack? Do you see headlines every winter warning of the dangers of…

Feb 1, 2023

Drugs Can Make Skin Sun Sensitive

Samantha Welch spent about 11 months avoiding the direct sunlight as best she could. She had been prescribed isotretinoin, an oral medication that treats cystic…

Jun 8, 2021

6 Things To Know About Antidepressant Ketamine

The anesthetic ketamine is increasingly being used off-label for depression. The drug seems to work rapidly, but its long-term side effects are unknown. Two decades ago, ketamine was…

Jan 26, 2021

9 Facts About Your Acne Drug, Isotretinoin

Accutane — The Drug That Cleared Severe Acne But Was Also Linked To Depression The drug that clears acne, but was also linked to depression,…

Nov 6, 2020