More Oral Medications News

• Biological Product Shows Promise Against Gum Disease

  April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Resolvins, a new family of biologically active products of omega-3 ...

• Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads Booming Despite Criticisms

  August 16 (HealthDay News) -- Drug company spending on direct-to-consumer advertising continues to skyrocket, even ...

• Congress Moves Closer to Drug-Safety Bill

  July 13 (HealthDay News) -- Following recent drug-safety scandals, including the 2004 Vioxx withdrawal, the ...

• As Costs of Drugs Shift to Consumers, Spending Drops

  July 5 (HealthDay News) -- As employers and insurance companies shift more of the cost ...

• Computerized Ordering Cuts Medication Errors

  June 28 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. hospitals that switched from using doctors' handwritten prescriptions to ...

• Computerized Medication Box Approved

  June 22 (HealthDay News) -- A programmable device that allows professional caregivers to monitor how ...

• Medicare's Drug Benefit Tough to Navigate

  June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Medicare's new Part D drug benefit is widening patients' access ...

• 'Pill Splitting' Cuts Drug Costs for Patients, Health Plans

  June 19 (HealthDay News) -- A practice patients often use to cut down on drug ...

• Antibiotics May Not Be Needed Before Dental Work

  May 17 (iVillage Total Health) -- Dental patients who have had to take antibiotics before ...

• Proposal to Give FDA More Muscle Gets Mixed Reviews

  May 11 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Senate bill that offers up the prospect of ...

• Drug Safety: There's No Magic Pill, Study Says

  May 9 (HealthDay News) -- If you think fighting red-hot blazes in collapsing buildings is ...

• Very Few Heart Patients Need Antibiotics Before Dental Work

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Only a small number of people should take antibiotics before ...

• Many U.S. Immigrants Can't Read Prescription Labels

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Few New York City pharmacies translate prescription drug labels from ...

• Doctors' Ties to Drug Companies Called Commonplace

  April 26 (HealthDay News) -- The ties between doctors and drug manufacturers are close indeed, ...

• Researchers Test Treatments for Painful Mouth Ulcers

  April 23 (HealthDay News) -- The drug pentoxifylline offers only limited benefit for treating one ...

• Debate Builds Over Drug Companies' Fees to FDA

  April 16 (HealthDay News) -- Controversy continues to engulf renewal of the Prescription Drug User ...

• FDA Should Release More Drug Safety Data: Experts

  March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Changes need to be made to the U.S. Food and ...

• Medication Errors During Surgeries Particularly Dangerous

  March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medication errors that occur during the course of a surgical ...

• Children's Drug Trial Program Gives Boost to Medicine, Profits

  Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A government program aimed at fostering clinical trials into the ...