A Dozen Questions to Help You Understand Your Medicines
You are encouraged to print this page and take it with you to your next doctor's appointment, so you can have all the pertinent questions you should ask about your medication right at your fingertips.... Details >
U.S. Pharmacopeia |
Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
This publication identifies drug products approved on the basis of safety and effectiveness by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act). Drugs on... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
BenefitsCheckUp
BenefitsCheckUp helps thousands every day to find programs for people ages 55 and over that may pay for some of their costs of prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other essential items or ... Details >
National Council on the Aging, Inc. |
Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online
Useful, easy-to-understand information about buying prescription drugs and medical products online. This Web site includes information on how to protect yourself from dangerous online practices involv... Details >
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Buying Prescription Medicines Online: A Consumer Safety Guide
The Internet is rapidly changing the way we live, including how we work and shop. The growth of the Internet in recent years has enabled many consumers to purchase medicines online. There are online p... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
You can use this listing to search for clinical trials, find out information about physicians and medical centers performing clinical research, and learn about drug therapies newly approved by the Foo... Details >
Commercial Entity--Follow the Resource URL for More Information |
Consumer Drug Information Page - Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
The drug information sheets posted on this site provides basic information about medications recently approved by the FDA.... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Drug Information Home Page - Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
This page links users to CDER material and resources available online. Includes a drug code directory, information on drug labeling changes, adverse drug reaction reporting data, and information on ... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Drug Interactions: What You Should Know
Some drugs have adverse affects if taken together. Learn more about protecting yourself and your family from drug and common food interactions.... Details >
Federal Citizen Information Center, U.S. General Services Administration |
DrugDigest
An online resource where users can learn more about drugs, dietary supplements and drug interactions; find out how the drug they are taking compares with others like it; and get information about the ... Details >
Commercial Entity--Follow the Resource URL for More Information |
Drugs at FDA
This is a catalog of FDA-approved drug products that includes approved and tentatively approved prescription, over-the-counter, and discontinued drugs as well as drug approval letters, labels, and rev... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
FAQ - About Medication Errors
Answers to the frequently asked questions about medication errors with links to other sites and more detailed information that may be of help.... Details >
Institute for Safe Medication Practices |
FDA Consumer Magazine
The official magazine of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), each issue contains in-depth feature articles written for the general public on getting healthy and staying healthy. The magazine ... Details >
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
FDA's Tips for Taking Medicines
This article presents basic advice for safe and effective use of medicine. Special precautions related to children, tampering, and correct dosage are described. ... Details >
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Improving Medication Safety
The information on this web site is intended to help hospitals and other health care systems to improve patient safety by reducing medication errors. Users can find useful resources – references and ... Details >
American Hospital Association |
Just Ask!: About Proper Medicine Use
The patient education information contained in this booklet applies generally to both over-the-counter and prescription medicines.... Details >
U.S. Pharmacopeia |
Making Your Medications Work Better
Some quick tips to help you take your medications so they work properly.... Details >
Federal Citizen Information Center, U.S. General Services Administration |
Medication Errors Reporting Program
This web site presents health care professionals who encounter actual or potential medication errors with several options by which to report these incidents confidentially to U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP). ... Details >
U.S. Pharmacopeia |
Medications - Mental Health, Mental Illness
This booklet is designed to help people understand how and why drugs can be used as part of the treatment of mental health problems. It also discusses several psychotherapeutic medicines in the four ... Details >
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health |
Medicine Cabinet Word Find
Kids play this word game and see how much you know about medicines that may be in your own medicine cabinets. Print the form on this page and find the hidden words. Click on the words under the puzzle... Details >
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Medicines and You: A Guide for Older Adults
Also available in: Spanish
The more you know about your medicines and the more you talk with your health care professionals, the easier it is to avoid problems with medicines.
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Council on Family Health |
Medicines: Use Them Safely
Also available in: Spanish
Many older people owe their health in part to new and improved medicines and vaccines. But using medicines may be riskier for older adults, especially when several medicines are used at one time. Taki... Details >
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health |
MedWatch, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Products Reporting Program
MedWatch, the FDA Medical Products Reporting Program, is an initiative designed to both educate all health professionals about the critical importance of being aware of, monitoring for, and reporting ... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
National Institute on Drug Abuse Prescription Drugs Initiative
NIDA's public health initiative is intended to raise awareness about recent trends in the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs in the United States. The initiative seeks to inform the public, physic... Details >
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health |
Pediatric Drug Development/Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA)
Recent pediatric drug studies have resulted in the addition of pediatric information to the labeling for more than 40 drugs. The drug labeling provides guidance for doctors and other health-care provi... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Prescription Drug Information
This guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in the USP DI® Advice for the Patient® is hosted by the National Library of... Details >
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health |
Prescription Drugs User Fees
The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) of 1992 provided FDA with increasing levels of resources for the review of human drug applications. Fees that FDA collected from drug and biologics firms fro... Details >
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Questions and Answers for Withdrawal of Duract
Answers to consumers' questions concerning the withdrawal of Duract from the market and FDA's recommendation that patients stop taking the drug after reports of a rare but serious liver problem as mor... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Questions To Ask Your Doctor If You Have High Blood Pressure
Questions you should ask if your doctor prescribes a drug to treat your blood pressure.... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
RxAssist: Accessing Pharmaceutical Patient Assistance Programs
Rx Assist, a program of Volunteers in Health Care, is a website which provides physicians and other health care providers with information to access pharmaceutical company patient assistance programs.... Details >
Volunteers in Health Care |
Thalidomide Information for Consumers
This document provides details about the drug thalidomide including manufacturer, active ingredient, dosage, approved usage and side effects.... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Use Medicine Safely
Also available in: Spanish
This easy-to-read health brochure provides tips on using your medicine safely. The document is available in both English and Spanish on this web site in both PDF and HTML formats.... Details >
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
What Medicines Are and How They Work
This article explains medicines to children including how medicines work to make them feel better and how doctors know which medicines to prescribe for their illness.... Details >
Nemours Foundation |
Women's Health: Take Time to Care
This program is designed to reach women over 45 - particularly those who are underserved. It emphasizes the message "Use Medicines Wisely" by encouraging women to: Read the Label, Avoid Problems, such... Details >
Office of Women's Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Your Child and Medication
This 2-page factsheet provides you with questions to ask your health care provider when your child is prescribed medication.... Details >
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health |
