Q. As an endocrinologist, I treat patients who have adrenal insufficiency. They cannot make their own cortisol and rely on daily replacement with the synthetic cortisol, oral hydrocortisone. Recently ...

The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) is preparing to fund studies to develop models to better evaluate generic drugs, including modified-release ...

The European Council has approved its first ever drug framework to reduce drug use and drug related crimes in the EU. View on ...

Generic drugs account for more than 90 percent of prescriptions filled in the United States. Recent studies have found concering variability in quality and safety America’s generic drug supply, most ...

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Americans are facing at least two prescription drug crises simultaneously. One is the outrageously high cost of drugs, which runs to more than $500 billion per year. The other relates to extreme drug ...

US regulatory officials say they have identified not one but two supposed generic copies of the attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) treatment drug Concerta that have failed to demonstrate ...

Mississippi ranks among the states with the most significant drug problems in the country, according to a new analysis highlighting concerns about addiction, enforcement and early exposure among young ...

No one knows better than Sarah Louise Butler what it means to encounter a drug shortage. Butler was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, a painful autoimmune disease, in her 20s. She describes the ...

New data shows major differences across the United States in drug use, overdose deaths and access to treatment, with New Mexico ranking as the state facing the biggest overall drug problem. The report ...