The active ingredient of Zetia is ezetimibe. It’s available as the generic drug ezetimibe. A generic drug is considered to be as safe and effective as the original drug. And generics tend to ...

A birth control pill for men has passed initial human safety tests, experts at a leading medical conference have heard. The once-daily pill contains hormones designed to stop sperm production.

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As a daily pill-taker, I’ve learned that the phrase “Out of sight, out of mind” holds all too true when it comes to staying on top of my medications. A pill case that looks and feels nice ...

about $20 at other pharmacies. The generic for the cholesterol drug Zetia costs $6.80 per tablet, compared with roughly $113 ...

Feminists and social conservatives quickly clashed over morality of the "sexual revolution," and the Pill was drawn into the debate. The Pill as Scapegoat As female sexuality and premarital sex ...

Abortion pills are now the most common method of ending a pregnancy in the US, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the country. They have also become the new frontier in the US ...

As a child who had to take a lot of medication—I grew up in the era when they gave you antibiotics if you sneezed twice—I had quite the collection of those plastic orange pill bottles with the ...

Weight loss pills are medications designed to assist in weight management through various aspects of metabolism, appetite and fat absorption. While lifestyle changes such as healthy eating ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the decade after the Pill was released, the oral contraceptive gave women highly effective control over their fertility. By 1960, the baby boom was taking its toll. Mothers who had four ...