Drug-resistant infections occur when pathogens change in ways that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective. As a result, the pathogens survive and continue to spread. When infections are treatable with ...

A BBC investigation found 20 online pharmacies selling restricted drugs without checks - such as GP approval. In total, we bought over 1,600 various prescription-only pills by entering false ...

Available antipsychotic treatments work by blocking dopamine receptors. The new drug, Cobenfy, takes a different approach. By Ellen Barry and Christina Jewett The Food and Drug Administration on ...

The average drug now costs more than US$1 billion to develop and takes more than a decade to reach the market 1 . And for every success, there are nine drug candidates that fail clinical trials 2 ...

However, medications should never be considered as the only source of hope. Information and advice, activities, social support, and treatments that don’t involve medication are just as important in ...

The voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channel formed by Kv7.2/3 heteromers is a major target for anticonvulsant drug development, however, specificity and potency are key challenges for Kv7.2/3 opener ...

Vraylar (cariprazine) is a prescription drug that’s used to treat certain mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia. The drug comes as a capsule that you swallow. It’s usually taken once ...

By Noah Weiland Noah Weiland has written about the public health policies that seek to address drug overdoses. Drug overdose deaths are decreasing sharply across the country, according to recent ...

An international team of researchers have made a promising breakthrough in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer's Disease. For the first time, scientists have developed a drug that works on ...

People age 65 and older make up 12 percent of the U.S. population, but account for 34 percent of all prescription medication use and 30 percent of all over-the-counter medication use. [2] Because ...

Drug-induced lupus is more common in men because they are given these drugs more often; however, not everyone who takes these drugs will develop the disease. Specific criteria for diagnosing ...