Medications Archive
Common Medications
Treatment: By Medication and Devices
- Allergy shots
- Ankinra may help ease the pain of rheumatoid arthritis
- Besides a shot: other ways to fight the flu
- An option for treating degenerative disc disease
- Arixtra: protection against post-surgical blood clots
- Biologic agents and the treatment of autoimmune disorders
- Botulism: killer or wonder drug?
- Capsule endoscopy takes pictures of small intestine
- Correcting vision with refractive eye surgery
- Fighting the flu with antiviral drugs
- Frovatriptan may offer longer relief from migraine pain
- Giving prescription medicines to your child
- Heartburn: not just for adults—kids get it too
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT): does it reduce heart disease risk in postmenopausal women?
- Insulin types
- Leukotriene inhibitors for asthma and allergies
- Propecia: the baldness pill: does it work?
- Statin drugs: not just for high cholesterol?
- Transdermal patches for weight loss: safe or sorry?
Treatment: By Condition
- Allergy shots
- Besides a shot: other ways to fight the flu
- An option for treating degenerative disc disease
- Biologic agents and the treatment of autoimmune disorders
- Blood clots: Arixtra may offer protection against post-surgical blood clots
- Emergency contraception
- Fighting the flu with antiviral drugs
- Gallstones: anatomy of a gallstone
- Heartburn: not just for adults—kids get it too
- High blood pressure: olmesartan to lower blood pressure
- Leukotriene inhibitors for asthma and allergies
- Migraine headache: frovatriptan may offer longer relief from migraine pain
- Osteoporosis drug: alendronate (Fosamax) for bone strength
- Rheumatoid arthritis: anakinra may help ease the pain of rheumatoid arthritis
- Sleep aids: what you need to know
- Asthma: tips for controlling your asthma
- Weight loss: transdermal patches for weight loss: safe or sorry?
Prevention
- FluMist: a painless option to the annual flu shot
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT): does it reduce heart disease risk in postmenopausal women?
- Medication non-adherence and chronic conditions
- Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccine: questions and answers
- Preventive cardiology: aspirin
- Preventive cardiology: beta-blockers
- The avian flu vaccine
- What are vaccines?
Questions and Tips
- Acetaminophen: are you taking too much?
- Antibiotics: to prescribe or not prescribe?
- Are drugs on the net safe?
- Beware when buying medications abroad
- Could your depression be related to your medication?
- Do your medications actually work?
- Drug expiration dates: how accurate are they?
- Drug interactions: what you need to know
- Drug tests: don't fall victim to a "false-positive"
- Food and medicine interactions
- How to safely dispose of medications
- Keeping prescription drugs safe
- Kids and caffeine: are they getting too much?
- In-home pregnancy tests: your questions answered
- Medication questions? Ask the pharmacist.
- Medications and pregnancy
- Methamphetamine abuse
- Off-label drug use: is it safe?
- Over-the-counter drugs: follow the instructions
- Pain relief medications: are they good for you?
- Personalized medicine
- Picking a pain reliever: which one should you take?
- Pill splitting can save money, but talk to your doctor first
- Prescription drugs and sex—not always a good mix
- Preventing medical errors
- Should you take part in a clinical research trial?
- Taking prescription medications
- Testing medications: who's being left out?
- Tips for safely buying medications online
- Tips for safely using medications
- Too many pills on your plate? How to simplify your medication regimen
- Unconventional treatment: who pays for 'other kinds' of care?
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