Researchers have found that users of Ozempic, Mounjaro and similar drugs are less likely to experience opioid overdoses or alcoholism.
Awareness of Ozempic and Wegovy side effects may be driving more younger patients to report adverse events linked to the drugs, researchers speculate.
Researchers are calling for closer monitoring of teens using multiple psychiatric drugs, due to a lack of knowledge about the potential side effects.
Rates of dangerously low sodium blood levels were higher than the Aprinox label warnings suggest, the researchers found.
Researchers published a case report which identified a woman who developed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome caused by HIV, as opposed to being the result of a reaction from taking a new medication.
Direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising is banned in all developed countries except the United States and New Zealand.
About 50% of pregnant women use some kind of medication during pregnancy, but the FDA says more needs to be done with postmarketing studies to make sure those drugs are safe.
Critics point to the recent FDA approval of the controversial new Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm, which led some scientific advisors to step down in protest
Researchers indicate that sports dietary supplements are more likely to contained banned substances than they are to accurately list ingredients on the label.
More healthcare workers need to be made aware of the link between Tylenol and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, the researchers warn.
