medications

Every day, thousands of patients are prescribed anticoagulants that work to prevent blood clots. Blood clots are a serious health threat that can increase your risk of a heart attack. Unfortunately, these same drugs that aim to help you may actually be putting you at a higher risk. Researchers at the University of Birmingham uncovered ...click here to read more

A new study from Stanford University has found that mixing opioid painkillers and commonly prescribed anti-anxiety and sleep medications could cause a potentially lethal overdose. Approximately 30 percent of all fatal overdoses from narcotic painkillers also involved benzodiazepines—commonly prescribed as Xanax, Klonopin, and Valium. The mix of benzodiazepines and opioid painkillers such as Percocet and ...click here to read more

How is your pill box looking these days? Organized by day and capsule color, or a mixed bag of pharmaceuticals that you sort through and eyeball carefully for morning, noon and night dosages? It all gets to be a bit much some days, but there’s a good reason for your pills. Or so we like ...click here to read more

As you get older there is a pretty good chance you are taking more medications to try to ease some of the discomfort you feel as you head into your golden years. However, you might not have guessed that some of these same medications can also lead to falls – and falls can mean serious ...click here to read more

Chief Scientific Advisor Dr. Victor Marchione Shares His Views On Medication Risks How is your pill box looking these days? Organized by day and capsule color, or a mixed bag of pharmaceuticals that you sort through and eyeball carefully for morning, noon and night dosages? It all gets to be a bit much some days, ...click here to read more

When your upset stomach has you reaching for a glass of water and a fizzy tablet, try some ginger tea instead. If you regularly take medication such as dissolvable aspirin, Alka-Seltzer or other fizzy types, you may want to switch to a different form of medication. You could be putting yourself at risk for heart ...click here to read more

Research shows that about 40 percent of Americans over the age of 65 take five or more medications a day. As we get older, it is expected that more health issues will arise, necessitating a higher need for medications. However, public health researchers at Brown’s University have discovered that 21 per cent of seniors are ...click here to read more