Learn how to check your prescription label to avoid dangerous medication errors. Confirm your name, medication, strength, and directions before leaving the pharmacy to stay safe.
Generic drugs cost far less than brand-name versions not because ingredients are cheaper, but because labor is scaled, outsourced, and optimized across millions of units. Learn how production volume, global manufacturing, and compliance shape the real cost difference.
Hospital pharmacies are bearing the brunt of injectable medication shortages, with 60% of affected drugs being sterile injectables critical for emergency and critical care. With low profits, global supply chains, and no quick fixes, patients are at risk.
Tricyclic antidepressants like amitriptyline carry high anticholinergic burden, increasing risks of dementia and dangerous heart rhythms. Safer alternatives exist, and stopping them under supervision can improve cognition.
Learn what manufacturing changes trigger FDA re-evaluation for generic drugs, how the approval process works, and how new programs are speeding up approvals for U.S.-made generics.
Adverse drug events cause over a million emergency visits each year in the U.S.-many are preventable. Learn what they are, which drugs are most dangerous, and how you can protect yourself.
Colesevelam helps lower cholesterol and manage diabetes, but constipation and bloating are common side effects. Learn how to prevent and manage them with proven strategies, dosing tips, and when to seek help.
Patients often hesitate to take generic medications due to misconceptions about effectiveness and appearance. Learn proven communication strategies pharmacists can use to build trust, explain bioequivalence, and improve adherence with simple, evidence-based techniques.
Corticosteroids alone rarely cause gastric ulcers, but combining them with NSAIDs raises risk dramatically. Learn who truly needs PPIs, what symptoms to watch for, and why routine prophylaxis may do more harm than good.
Metronidazole and alcohol don't cause a dangerous disulfiram-like reaction as once believed. New evidence shows no acetaldehyde buildup - here's what really happens and what you should do.
