Medications for myasthenia gravis (MG) can include cholinesterase inhibitors, corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, monoclonal antibodies, and antibody fragment medications. While myasthenia gravis ...

Paralytic drugs, or neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), are powerful muscle relaxants used to prevent muscle movement during surgical procedures. They're also used during critical care, such as ...

Ibuprofen (Advil or Motrin), naproxen (Aleve) and aspirin (Bayer or Ecotrin) are common pain relievers that belong to a class of medication called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

A top doctor has revealed which common medications taken by millions could put you at risk of a heart attack. Dr Zain Hasan, an anesthetist in California, highlighted non-steroidal anti ...

Substance abuse in the United States is one of the leading health conditions impacting millions of lives and due to many types of drug addictions. Since 2000, there have been 700,000 overdose deaths ...

Private health insurance gives 23 million Canadians access to lifesaving medication. But exactly which drugs those patients can take – and which pharmacies they can order from – are being ...

Several major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi, are set to raise prices on more than 250 branded medications in the U.S. starting Jan. 1, 2025 ...

Nearly one in three Europeans have sampled illegal drugs in their lifetime, but not every country is alike when it comes to their drug habits or their health impact. Regular drug use is associated ...

Teen drug use continued to fall in 2024, extending a dramatic decline spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic that experts expected would reverse now that the acute phase of the global crisis is well over.

Switzerland-based biopharmaceutical company SQ Innovation has gained tentative market approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Lasix ONYU, a combination product developed with ...

Antibiotics and Other Sulfonamides to Avoid If You Have a Sulfa Allergy Sulfa drugs are synthetic (man-made) medications made from sulfanilamide that contain antibacterial properties. Sulfa drugs were ...