How well a person tolerates a medication's side effects and how well the medication manages their symptoms are factors that doctors use to determine whether or not a person will stay on a specific ...

If you have high blood pressure, medication may be an important part of the plan to keep you healthy. Also called antihypertensive medicines, these drugs can't cure high blood pressure but can ...

Placebo pills help you stay on course by taking one daily until the next month. Skipping them can reduce or stop periods. You can speak to your doctor for more advice. Birth control pills are ...

There are many types of estrogen therapy in many different forms -- pills, patches, suppositories, and more. The best type of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) depends on your health, your ...

Administration routes are based on the medication used, how quickly it needs to be absorbed, and the part of the body where the medication needs to have an effect. Your healthcare provider or ...

Here are the small steps they're taking this year to get there. Eli Lilly's oral weight loss pill, orforglipron Eli Lilly competitor Novo Nordisk kicked off the weight-loss drug craze when it ...

Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored. By Claire Cain Miller Kate Conger and ...

As a daily pill-taker, I’ve learned that the phrase “Out of sight, out of mind” holds all too true when it comes to staying on top of my medications. A pill case that looks and feels nice ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An abortion- rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and ...

The research could further complicate the polarized politics of abortion because the drug in the study is the key ingredient in a pill used for emergency contraception. By Pam Belluck and Emily ...