Tylenol is not a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). NSAIDs are a class of medications that are commonly used to help relieve swelling, pain, and fevers. Examples of NSAIDs are Advil or ...

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 ...

Warning to Brits over “Russian roulette” party drug pink cocaine. Credit: ITV News. The drug is sold for around US$100 per gram (£76) in Spain, and is often marketed as a high-end product ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has licensed it under the brand name Vasostrict. Vasostrict has one approved use: treating vasodilatory shock. This is a form of shock, also known as ...

Joseph Janes does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The first dose, which is much smaller, prepares the immune system to respond more powerfully to the second, larger dose. This study, which was performed by bringing together computational modeling ...

The work resulted in liraglutide, the first long-lasting GLP-1-based drug, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2010 for type 2 diabetes. In the meantime, researchers were already ...

The report, published on 16 September in The Lancet 1, found that between 1990 and 2021, more than one million people died from drug-resistant infections each year, and this could increase to ...

Adderall (amphetamine/dextroamphetamine) is a brand-name drug prescribed for ADHD and narcolepsy in adults and some children. Adderall comes in two forms. The dosage ...

MiraLAX (polyethylene glycol 3350) is a brand-name drug used for constipation in adults and certain children. MiraLAX comes as a dissolvable powder that’s typically taken once per day.

In this article, we discuss the global issue of drug shortages. We summarise our research where we developed a framework for quantifying the cost of a shortage, and through three case studies provide ...