Learn how to manage weight gain and moon face caused by corticosteroids like prednisone. Discover diet tips, exercise strategies, and psychological support to reduce facial swelling and improve quality of life while staying on necessary medication.
Combining tricyclic antidepressants like amitriptyline with antihistamines like Benadryl can cause anticholinergic overload - a dangerous, often missed condition that increases dementia risk and causes confusion, urinary issues, and delirium, especially in older adults.
Ototoxic medications like cisplatin and gentamicin can cause permanent hearing loss. Learn how to spot early signs, what tests actually work, and how to protect your hearing during treatment.
Specialty pharmacies manage high-cost, complex medications for chronic diseases. When generics and biosimilars enter this space, they bring cost savings-but also unique clinical, operational, and patient challenges that require careful handling.
SNRI medications like venlafaxine and duloxetine offer a dual-action approach to treating depression, fatigue, and chronic pain. Learn how they work, who benefits most, and what to expect when starting treatment.
Quercetin supplements can dangerously raise levels of common medications by inhibiting liver enzymes. Learn which drugs are affected, who’s at risk, and what to do if you’re taking both.
Learn how to properly report serious adverse events from generic drugs, why underreporting is a hidden danger, and what’s being done to fix the system. Your report could save lives.
Serotonin syndrome is a life-threatening reaction to too much serotonin, often caused by antidepressant interactions. Learn the early warning signs-tremors, sweating, clonus-and how to act fast before it turns deadly.
Audio resources give visually impaired patients equal access to health information, from medication instructions to hospital navigation. Learn which tools work, how to get them, and why hospitals must provide them.
Simvastatin can be life-saving-but mixing it with certain drugs or grapefruit juice can cause deadly muscle breakdown. Learn which combinations to avoid, why the 80 mg dose is dangerous, and what safer alternatives exist.