Statin drugs are often prescribed to safely lower the risk of heart attacks, stroke and hardening of the arteries. What exactly are these drugs and how do they work?

A Mexican drug cartel hired a hacker to surveil the movements of a senior FBI official in Mexico City in 2018 or earlier, gathering information from the city’s camera system that allowed the ...

We appreciate the responses to our Article,1 which suggest that the health cost of paying for new pharmaceuticals in the National Health Service (NHS), estimated at £1·25 million quality-adjusted life ...

Analysis by Huseyin Naci and colleagues1 overlooks the broader policy context influencing the National Health Service expenditure on branded medicines. The Department of Health, through the Voluntary ...

Medicare drug plans will likely cover generic famotidine, and some Medicare Advantage plans will cover OTC famotidine. Learn more about coverage and costs.

A common drug used for inflammatory skin conditions may hold the key to treating both alcohol addiction and pain sensitivity. That’s what scientists at a leading research institute have found.

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is increasingly recognised as a highly heterogeneous disorder.1 Drivers of the disease process are various and include anatomical traits such as upper airway narrowing ...

A new bill could make the price of prescription drugs known for weight loss cheaper for the state to buy for its employees.

The UK's health regulator is investigating Ozempic and Mounjaro after linking the drugs to hundreds of severe illnesses and deaths.

As temperatures rise, so does the risk of heat-related illness—especially for people taking certain prescription drugs.

Drugs/Procedures Used Patients taking low-dose aspirin without evidence of peptic ulcer disease at baseline endoscopy were randomized to famotidine 20 mg twice daily (n = 204) versus placebo twice ...

We conducted the survey to learn more about what resources pharmacists rely on to guide drug storage, stability, and beyond use dating.