Author: Lillian Everhart

Learn how to safely prepare your child for surgery with pre-op medications, fasting guidelines, and essential dosing tips. Avoid common mistakes and reduce anxiety with proven pediatric protocols.

TZDs like pioglitazone can cause weight gain and fluid retention, leading to swelling and heart risks. Learn practical ways to reduce these side effects-including dose adjustments, salt control, and combining with SGLT2 inhibitors-without losing blood sugar control.

Learn how to transfer your prescriptions to online pharmacies safely and quickly. Discover the rules for controlled substances, top pharmacy options, and how digital transfers improve adherence and cut errors.

Opioid-induced constipation affects up to 95% of chronic opioid users and doesn't improve on its own. Learn why fiber doesn't help, what laxatives actually work, and the prescription options like PAMORAs that restore bowel function without hurting pain control.

Levodopa and antipsychotics have opposing effects on dopamine, leading to dangerous interactions in patients with Parkinson’s and psychosis. Learn how this conflict worsens symptoms and what safer alternatives exist.

The FDA now conducts unannounced inspections of foreign generic drug factories to ensure safety. With 80% of active ingredients made overseas, stricter oversight aims to prevent contamination, falsified data, and unsafe drugs from reaching U.S. patients.

Intra-articular steroid injections offer quick pain relief for joint arthritis, but growing evidence shows they may accelerate joint damage and cause systemic side effects like high blood sugar, bone loss, and adrenal suppression. Know the risks before you get one.

Pharmacist-led substitution programs cut hospital readmissions by up to 22% and reduce adverse drug events by 49%. Learn how these evidence-based services work, why they’re more effective than doctor-only approaches, and where they’re still falling short.

Most people labeled as penicillin-allergic aren't truly allergic. Learn how to confirm your allergy status, avoid unsafe alternatives, and get back to the best treatment - safely and affordably.

Peppermint oil is one of the most evidence-based natural remedies for IBS. Learn how enteric-coated capsules work, who benefits most, proper dosing, and how it compares to prescription meds.