Medicine

When Wild Animals Get Sick: Drugs
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A minor species is defined as any animal other than dogs, cats, cattle, horses, pigs, chickens, and turkeys. Minor use of a drug includes drugs used to treat minor species and used to treat rare diseases in major species or diseases in major species

From Fish to Pharmacies
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Enter the salmon, which, like humans, produces a hormone called calcitonin that helps regulate calcium and decreases bone loss. For osteoporosis patients, taking salmon calcitonin, which is 30 times more potent than that secreted by the human thyroid

Fish and Sea Life Yield Some Medical Answers
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Osteoporosis, a crippling disease marked by a wasting away of bone mass, affects as many as 25 million Americans, 90 percent of them women, at an expense of $10 billion a year, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation.

TV Drug Ads That Make Sense
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The secret's out. The prescription drug Claritin is an antihistamine for seasonal allergies, new TV commercials reveal. Before August 1997, the Claritin television ads said little beyond, 'At last, a clear day is here' and 'It's time to see your doctor.'

When a Drug Is in Short Supply
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Infantile spasms, or West's syndrome, is a sometimes crippling and even life-threatening seizure disorder that affects about 3,000 babies a year in the United States. The only drug that helps prevent the spasms is Acthar gel (ACTH), and the drug's only

Why Should FDA Regulate Drugs?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
That's a question many people raise as FDA strives to maintain a delicate balance between too much regulation and not enough. The answer is explained in an interview with the director of FDA's drug center.

Medications and Older Adults
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
As people age, their medicine cabinets may begin to overflow. To avoid dangerous side effects and interactions, communication and organization are essential. People ages 65 and older consume more prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines

Thalidomide
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Thalidomide was not a lifesaving drug, but only one of many tranquilizers that had come onto the market in the decade after World War II. It was promoted by its maker as being nontoxic, with no side effects, and completely safe for pregnant women.

Clear Directions for Rx Drug Users
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The simple and uninformative phrase 'use as directed' will give way to detailed information in nonmedical language on all prescription drugs under a new voluntary plan FDA will monitor.

CFC-Free Medication for an Ailing Ozone Layer
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Protect the environment or provide life-saving drugs? FDA proposes to solve that dilemma with the phaseout of chlorofluorocarbon-containing medical products, but not until safe and effective alternatives are available.

Label Literacy for Over the Counter Drugs, Part 2
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A person allergic to an ingredient in a drug product needs to know whether the product contains it. Although active ingredients are usually listed on OTC drug products, current rules don't require labels for all drugs to list inactive ingredients.

Label Literacy for Over the Counter Drugs
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Information on a medicine label should be in plain English and larger type and should emphasize side effects and warnings with boldface type and bullets, a sampling of consumers told the Food and Drug Administration.

Chronotherapy: Asthma, Arthritis
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Successful treatment of diseases may depend on the time of day or month that a medicine is taken or surgery performed. Asthma and arthritis pain are among conditions now being treated by the clock or calendar.

Medications Available Without a Prescription : Part 3
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Today's emphasis on self-care fuels the popularity of nonprescription drugs. But OTC products are intended to supplement the medical options of the consumer, not substitute for a prescriber's medical knowledge.

Medications Available Without a Prescription
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Consumers can now buy a variety of drugs over the counter that used to be available by prescription only. These include nicotine patches and gum to help people stop smoking, and a variety of medications for vaginal yeast infections and heartburn.

Over the Counter Drug Options for Cuts, Scrapes and Burns
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Nonprescription products used on the skin help kill or weaken bacteria that might cause infection in minor cuts and scrapes. A half-inch scar on my left knee is a graphic reminder of a painful scrape at age 7.

Aphrodisiacs Facts
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
People looking for magical love potions are likely to be disappointed and defrauded. But real help for impotence does exist in several forms, including a recently approved prescription drug.

How to Give Medicine to Children
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Vigilance is key to making sure that medicines help, rather than hurt, children. Caregivers need to always be alert to several factors, including drug interactions, proper dosage, and possible tampering.

Psychedelic Drugs : Part 2
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Early research suggested medical promise for psychedelic drugs. According to a 1992 report by Richard Yensen, Ph.D., and Donna Dryer, M.D., director and medical director at the Orenda Institute, a 1960s' study of 135 alcoholics found that six months after

Psychedelic Drugs
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
LSD, mescaline, and some other drugs better known for their abuse potential are being carefully investigated for medical uses, such as treating drug addictions and relieving pain.