People often use the wrong painkiller or take too much too quickly, increasing the risk of side effects, say pharmacists.

I trust Idahoans to make those decisions for themselves, like they do with dozens of other over-the-counter drugs,” Nichols told the Statesman in an email. Especially in rural Idaho, where ...

For many Nigerians, malaria and its symptoms are all too familiar and quite predictable. Once the pangs of headache, joint pain and fever are felt, most resort to anti-malarial medications to manage ...

Some herbal supplements like St. John’s wort and some drugs used to treat HIV can also affect how well your pills work. Tell your doctor about all medications, over-the-counter agents ...

if you have two doctors and they separately prescribe drugs that interact, your pharmacist can warn them -- and you -- before you have a problem. Read labels carefully. Over-the-counter drug ...

A lot of people who are overweight and want to lose weight see it as the holy grail of diet pills. Unfortunately, obtaining Phentermine over the counter, in store or online is not straight forward.

Need to identify a tablet or capsule? Use our Pill Identifier to find the name and image of an unknown prescription or over-the-counter medication. Start by entering details like pill imprint code ...

If approved, it would become the first new class of antibiotic for the sexually transmitted infection in more than two decades. The pill, called gepotidacin, was approved by the Food and Drug ...

Shortages of antibiotics are a particular problem. Some 40% of generic drugs have only one or two companies making their ingredients, so it’s a “pretty fragile supply,” Rena Conti ...

Caroline Winyard, 47, from Staffordshire, battled a 26-year addiction to hard drugs that began when she was just 18 after falling in with the wrong crowd. Her downward spiral saw her funding her ...