Are Your Medications Making Your Life Worse?
Polypharmacy means taking drugs or combinations of drugs that do more harm than good. Millions of us do. Here’s how to stop.
Medications
What TV Drug Ads Aren’t Telling You
TV drug ads give the impression that a pill can cure what ails you—and perhaps even give you a better life overall. Here’s how to not get duped…
When You’re Out of Treatments, “Right to Try” Isn’t Your Only Hope
When a pwerson is terminally ill and has exhausted al lthe FDA-approved treatments, “Right to Try” laws aren’t the only option…
When Your Medication Makes You Gain Weight
Medications cn help us fight diabetes, depression and other chronic conditions. But weight gain can be a troublesome side effect. The ones to watch…
Don’t Get Addicted to Xanax, Ativan, Ambien or Some Other Sedative
Benzodiazepines, such as Xanax and Ativan, may help your insomnia or anxiety in the short term…but you can quickly get addicted. How to not get hooked…
Getting Rid of Leftover Medicine
Don’t keep those half-empty bottles or expired meds hanging around. How to get rid of them the right way.
Is Your Medication Making You Suicidal?
The use of certain common medications is linked to suicidal thinking. Find out which ones you need to beware of…
New MRI Danger
With some MRIs you get an injection of the contrast agent gadolinium but gadolinium can be toxic.
A Better Way to Take a Tablet
Some medications can be formulated to be taken under the tongue. Here’s why these sublingual medications might be helpful for you.
Time to Take Your Digital Pill?
Remembering to take medication can be challenging. But is a new high-tech digital pill the answer? Read on to find out how this new pill works…
The Dangers of Acid Suppressing Drugs
Acid-suppressing drugs are commonly prescribed and taken on an ongoing basis by patients—but this class of drugs is one of the most dangerous you can take.
Your Medication Could Be in Short Supply
About 10% of US prescription drugs are manufactured in Puerto Rico. Hurricane damage there may lead to drug shortages.
Are You Using Your Medications Properly?
You’d be hard-pressed to find any adult American who isn’t medicated with something. But are you taking it properly? And…do you really need it???
A New Tool to Prevent Drug Interactions: Artificial Intelligence
Drug interactions can be life-threatening, yet typically are found after many people are affected, not during testing. New technology may change that.
Meds that Mess with Your Gut
You know the warnings about antibiotics, but they’re not the only drugs to upset the balance in your gut, creating problems with digestion and worse.
Finding the Correct Prescription Medication
Often, there is more than one prescription drug available to treat a specific health condition.…
What You Need to Know When Purchasing Medical Marijuana
A growing number of states have legalized marijuana for recreational use, and it is now…
Questions to Ask Your Anesthesiologist When You’re Pregnant
In this video, Dr. David Sherer, anesthesiologist and author of Bottom Line’s What Your Doctor…
Alternatives to Opioids After Surgery
Traditionally, opioid medications have been prescribed for postsurgical pain, but given the ongoing opioid-addiction epidemic,…
Medical Marijuana for Pain Relief
In this video, Dr. David Sherer, anesthesiologist and author of Bottom Line’s What Your Doctor…