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Will Your Doctor Tell You if Your Medication Was Recalled? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes information about product recalls on its website every time they happen, including the brand name, description, type of product, recall reason, and manufacturer. In August 2022 alone, more than 20 recall announcements have been publicized by the FDA. However, most of these recalls involve food/beverages or herbal (more...)

Is It Dangerous to Take Expired Medication? When you wake up with a headache, sore throat, and nasal congestion, there’s a good chance you’re coming down with a cold. Like millions of Americans, you probably head to your medicine cabinet to find something to alleviate your symptoms. Thankfully, you’re stocked up on cold medicine from last winter, but there’s one problem: it’s (more...)

Follow These Medication Storage Tips Around two-thirds of all Americans—more than 131 million people—take at least one prescription medication. If you regularly take a prescription or over-the-counter drug, it’s important that you not only take it according to your doctor’s or the manufacturer’s instructions, but that you also store it properly. Safe storage reduces the chances that someone else will (more...)

Tips for Preventing an Accidental Medication Overdose When doctors prescribe medications, they don’t just consider the medication itself that their patients will take. They also must consider the dosages that will be both safe for them and effective at treating their illnesses or relieving their symptoms. However, patients don’t always take the right dosages. Sometimes, they forget to take a dose, which (more...)