Drugs & Medications Articles

As hard as it may be to believe, diarrhea causes the deaths of 500,000 children under the age of five every year. Striking during the winter in countries where the poor do not have enough clean water for washing hands.

The blood pressure drugs colloquially known as "pee pills" are the world's most popular treatment for high blood pressure.

The incidence of fungal infections has been increasing in the human population over the last 15 years, majorly due to increased numbers of cancers and immune-compromised patients, who are at great risk owing to deteriorated immune systems.

There are so many medications out there from the antibiotic to the medication that helps save lives. When the doctors prescribe something it may be a brand name medication or a generic name medication.

Substance abuse and dependence are steadily increasing problems in the United States. This is extremely serious, because many of these substances of abuse are prescription medications.

Avandia® (rosiglitazone) is a drug used to control diabetes, a very serious hormonal disorder.

A survey conducted by Pfizer found that most Viagra pills sold online are counterfeit. Although the best way to buy genuine prescription medications is to buy from a local pharmacy, it is also possible to buy Viagra online from trusted sources.

Currently the drug therapy of HIV is started when the patient’s immune system becomes weakened. New evidences indicate that immediate start of drug treatment upon contracting the infection brings long term health benefits to people with HIV.

Critics are raising issues about the safety of recently approved Zohydro ER (hydrococode bitartrate), a narcotic painkiller used for long-term management of moderate to severe pain that does not improve with other treatment options.

For decades, people who take a serious look at the evidence for cholesterol as the sole cause of heart disease have been skeptical, and of the use of statins to lower them. Apparently they have been heard.