Prescription Medicines

Antibiotics are medicines prescribed by your doctor to treat infections. Overuse can lead to antibiotic resistance.

Antihistamines help stop allergy symptoms like itchy eyes and sneezing. They are available in both prescription and over-the-counter forms.

Certain medicines might make your asthma worse. It’s important to know about medicines that might cause problems before you take…

Take your beta blockers to stay heart healthy.

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease that is easily preventable with the use of a vaccine.

Prescription medicine can lower cholesterol levels and reduce cardiac events.

Chronic pain can last from 3 months to many years. Medicines to treat it include pain relievers, antidepressants, and…

Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a cancer-causing, synthetic female hormone given to pregnant women between 1938 and 1971.

Digoxin is a medicine used to treat certain heart problems such as heart failure. If you have heart failure, digoxin…

An adverse drug reaction can occur if your body responds badly to a medicine. Anyone can have an adverse reaction,…

Certain foods can interfere with the medicines you take.

Patients who have had heart attacks benefit from medicine but know the risks and side effects.

There are many medicines used to treat high blood pressure. Talk to your doctor to help figure out which one…

Grapefruit and grapefruit juice can cause negative side effects with certain medications.

Knowing how to use both prescription and over-the-counter medicines properly can be the difference between feeling better or feeling…

Learn what parents should know in order to safely give prescription and nonprescription medicine to children.

Antidepressants are medicines prescribed to treat depression. You should work with your doctor to find the right one for…

Steroids work to reduce redness, swelling, and soreness and come in pill form, as inhalers or nasal sprays, and as…

If you don’t take your medicines just the way your doctor tells you to, your HIV might not be exposed…

All people who have type 1 diabetes and some who have type 2 diabetes must take insulin. It helps control…