Johns Hopkins Health Alerts | Prescription Drugs | You and Your Medications

You and Your Medications:

You and Your Medications give you the latest news on medications most commonly prescribed.

You and Your Medications Articles:

• You and Your Medications Report: 5 Steps To Help You Avoid Common Drug Side Effects
• You and Your Medications Alert: Will This Medication Work? Look to Your Genes
• You and Your Medications Alert: Adverse Drug Reactions and Other Age-Related Medication Concerns
• You and Your Medications Alert: What Is an Authorized Generic Drug?
• You and Your Medications Alert: The Risks of Drug Flipping
• You and Your Medications Alert: Monitoring Your Medications
• You and Your Medications Report: User-Friendly Information Inserts
• You and Your Medications Report: Will This Medication Work? Look to Your Genes
• You and Your Medications Report: New Choices in Sleeping Pills
• You and Your Medications Alert: Shingles Vaccine Update
• You and Your Medications Alert: How Medications Work
• You and Your Medications Alert: What Is Pharmacogenomics?
• You and Your Medications Alert: Ask the Doctor About Nanopharmaceuticals
• You and Your Medications: Using Generic Drugs Safely
• You and Your Medications Alert: Your Pharmacist -- An Underutilized Resource
• You and Your Medications Alert: The High Cost of Chemotherapy
• You and Your Medications Alert: How Aging Affects the Body’s Response to Drugs
• You and Your Medications Alert: Ask the Doctor
• You and Your Medications Report: Did I Take That Pill...Or Not?

Other Prescription Drugs-related articles of interest:

Depression and Anxiety

• Antidepressant Warnings

• The Depression Patch

• Combating Sexual Dysfunction Caused by Antidepressants
• Antidepressant-Induced Sexual Dysfunction

Heart Health

• Medications and Sexual Dysfunction: What's the Connection?

Hypertension and Stroke

• Coping With Side Effects of Blood Pressure Medication

• Questions and Answers About Blood Pressure Drugs

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The material in the Prescription Drugs area draws on the expertise of Brent G. Petty, M.D., Associate Professor, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and other leading researchers at Johns Hopkins, this Prescription Drugs topic area will report on a wide-range of important subjects, including: aging and the risks of multiple drug use; the promise of pharmacogenomics; medication-related weight gain and what you can do about it; ordering drugs from Canada safely, and more.

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