Ever been tempted to buy your medicines from an online pharmacy or another website? Protect yourself and your family by using caution when buying medicine online. There are many pharmacy websites that operate legally and offer convenience, privacy, and safeguards for purchasing medicines. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that there are… Continue reading How to Buy Medicines Safely from An Online Pharmacy
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Five Tips for Getting Smarter With Medications in 2016
With 4 in 10 Americans regularly taking a prescription medication and nearly $260 billion spent by consumers on prescriptions in 2014, expert pharmacist Dr. Linda Bernstein, a spokesperson for FamilyWize, is offering the following tips to help consumers get healthier with their medications in 2016: Know what medicine you are taking and why you are taking it:You should know at… Continue reading Five Tips for Getting Smarter With Medications in 2016
Doctors Should Prescribe Generic Medications Whenever Possible
All clinicians should prescribe generic medications whenever possible as a way to improve adherence to therapy and clinical outcomes while containing costs, the American College of Physicians (ACP) advises in a paper published November 24th 2015 in Annals of Internal Medicine. A release from ACP quotes ACP President Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP… Continue reading Doctors Should Prescribe Generic Medications Whenever Possible
A Better Test for Chemical Toxicity
Researchers from the University of Utah have developed a highly sensitive toxicity test that could serve as an alert system to possible toxicity in prescription drugs. About one third of prescription drugs are withdrawn or have warnings added because of such problems. The test could help researchers discover toxicity early in the research process, before… Continue reading A Better Test for Chemical Toxicity
Safety Concerns About New Drugs
The authors of a study published in the August 2014 issue of Health Affairs contend that when the FDA approval process for medications changed in 1992 with the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), which allowed the FDA to collect fees to expedite drug approvals, the new process may have led to the release of drugs before they could be adequately evaluated for safety issues.