A new study reveals that entacapone, a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease, significantly disrupts the gut microbiome by ...

This depends on how effectively each drug manages your disease and how well you tolerate the side effects. If you switch to a different DMT, a doctor will likely monitor you to ensure its ...

The prescribed dosage for fluoxetine may depend on a person’s individual treatment plan. Other factors, including your specific diagnosis, body weight, and medical history, may affect your ...

Although lifestyle changes can help you remove these risks and control your blood pressure without medication, you should not stop taking blood pressure medication without first discussing it with ...

If you have high blood pressure, medication may be an important part of the plan to keep you healthy. Also called antihypertensive medicines, these drugs can't cure high blood pressure but can ...

Prescription drugs can be administered in various ways. This includes oral (by mouth), enteral (into the gastrointestinal tract), mucosal (through a mucus membrane), and percutaneous (through the skin ...

The authors surveyed nearly 350 people about how many attempts it took to quit a substance before they were finally able to maintain their sobriety - revealing which drugs could be the most addicting.

Criticism over how the Chinese government buys drugs for its public health care system has ignited frustration over the quality of medicine. By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from ...

The dosage for bupropion varies depending on the condition it’s being used to treat and the form of the drug you’re prescribed. Your doctor will prescribe the dosage and form that’s best for ...

It’s time to move on from treating heroin as Europe’s main drug problem, according to the head of the European Union’s drugs agency. That’s not to say heroin isn’t still a major problem.

Top doctors raised concerns about domestically made drugs, saying Beijing’s effort to lower costs is sacrificing quality. By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from Hong Kong A rare ...

C&EN’s tabulation follows approvals from the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; therefore, it does not include blood products, gene therapies, vaccines, and other therapies that ...