Category: Medications - Page 2
Generic drugs now make up over 90% of U.S. prescriptions but cost just 23% of total drug spending. Learn how the Hatch-Waxman Act, FDA reforms, and market forces turned generics into the backbone of affordable healthcare.
Long-term steroid use suppresses natural cortisol production. ACTH stimulation testing is the only reliable way to safely determine when your adrenal glands are ready to restart. This guide explains how the test works, when to get it, and how to avoid life-threatening adrenal crisis.
Warfarin and NSAIDs together double the risk of dangerous bleeding. This detailed guide explains why, which NSAIDs are worst, what to use instead, and how to stay safe.
Most people who think they're allergic to penicillin aren't. Penicillin allergy testing can safely remove this label, reduce side effects, lower costs, and prevent dangerous infections like C. diff.
The FDA Office of Generic Drugs ensures safe, affordable generic medications reach patients by reviewing applications, enforcing bioequivalence standards, and managing patent rules under GDUFA and Hatch-Waxman.
Why do some people feel generics don’t work as well as brand-name drugs? The answer isn’t chemistry-it’s perception. Learn how beliefs, branding, and price shape real health outcomes-even when the pill is identical.
Learn how to manage gas and bloating from acarbose and miglitol with proven strategies like slow dosing, diet tweaks, and OTC remedies. These diabetes drugs work-just not without side effects.
Prilox Cream combines lidocaine and prilocaine for deep skin numbing. Learn how it compares to EMLA, lidocaine-only creams, LMX5, and other alternatives for tattoos, laser treatments, and medical procedures.
Amantadine was once a key flu drug but is now mainly used for Parkinson’s. Learn how it blocks influenza A, why resistance made it obsolete for flu, and how it still helps movement disorders today.
Learn how COVID-19 respiratory infections change clotting risk and what you must do when blood thinners interact with antiviral drugs, plus practical management tips.