Doctors and pharmacists often portray generic drugs as a great deal.
They say that you’re getting the same medicine as the brand-name products, but far cheaper.
The FDA is on board, too.
Even though almost all generic drugs are made in India and China, the agency says it holds foreign plants to the same standards as U.S. drug makers.
Katherine Eban says that’s simply not true.… Read More
When you suffer side effects after taking a pill, naturally you blame it on the drug in the pill.
But in many cases, it actually may have nothing to do with the drug.
What most people—or even doctors—don’t know is that the majority of the material in pills are so-called inactive ingredients.
But they are far from inactive, according to an eye-opening study.… Read More
Most of us know that the overuse of antibiotics has caused the rise of deadly drug-resistant “superbugs.”
Thanks to doctors handing out antibiotics like candy, these powerful germs now kill 23,000 Americans every year.[1]
But there’s another alarming antibiotic danger that your doctor won’t tell you about. In fact, he may not even know about it. It was only recently discovered…
The study was done at Case Western Reserve University.… Read More
You go into the hospital for one reason…
To get better.
But an alarming study shows that many seniors are coming out in worse shape than when they went in.
The reason?
Doctors are sending them home with an overdose of blood pressure medications.
A University of California study revealed this troubling trend.i
Researchers looked at the records of almost 15,000 patients admitted to a Veteran’s Affairs hospital.… Read More
By the time men reach their 50s, half have an enlarged prostate.
This condition is called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH. It can make a man miserable.
Men with the condition often have a hard time emptying their bladder completely. They may have to urinate so often that it interferes with their sleep. This can lead to fatigue and other health problems.… Read More
News that Merck’s antiviral drug molnupiravir had successfully treated coronavirus patients in clinical trials set off celebrations around the world.
Headlines trumpeted claims that we might finally have a truly effective pill that prevents severe COVID in people who get infected. Shares of Merck stock jumped. One German doctor called molnupiravir “a game changer.”i
A trial involving about 700 people with mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 showed that the medication cut in half the risk of hospitalization.… Read More