prescription drugs

Federal health advisers are recommending that a decades-old birth control pill be sold without a prescription. The positive vote on Wednesday by a Food and Drug Administration panel paves the way for what could be the first birth control pill available over the counter. The recommendation is not binding and the FDA is expected to make its decision on the...

The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 22, 2023, where you can safely get rid of unused, unwanted or expired medications.

The French drugmaker is the last major insulin manufacturer to try to head off government efforts to cap monthly costs by announcing its own steep price cuts. 

In a major study, a new kind of cholesterol-lowering drug helped people who can’t take the first choice, pills called statins.

Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients pay when they fill prescriptions.

The Biden administration is moving to require patients see a doctor in person before getting drugs to treat attention deficit disorders or addictive painkillers, toughening access amid a deepening opioid crisis.

Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother charged in the killings of her three children in Duxbury last month, appeared in court from her hospital bed on Tuesday and listened as prosecutors provided new details on what they say took place.

A judge is allowing Lindsay Clancy, the mother from Duxbury, Massachusetts, accused of killing her three kids, to speak to a forensic psychologist ahead of her upcoming arraignment in the children’s deaths last month. The judge granted the defense’s motion at a hearing in Plymouth District Court Friday, hours after Clancy’s attorney claimed that an overmedication of prescription psychiatric drugs...

Democrats plan to submit a “finalized agreement” on allowing Medicare to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies to a key Senate official “in the coming days” to see if it complies with the chamber’s strict budget rules, one of the sources said.

The tax return that’s used to determine whether you pay extra for Medicare premiums may not accurately reflect your income when you retire.

A proposal that would have let Medicare negotiate the price of certain drugs was part of the Build Back Better Act, which died in the Senate late last year.

Although your income may drop when you retire, you could face higher Medicare premiums if your most recent tax return shows income above a set threshold.

With annual adjustments pushing some costs higher, experts say it’s important to consider how the changes will affect your household spending.

Medicare provisions in the $1.75 trillion legislative package are in jeopardy, given the likelihood that the bill will not pass in its current form.

The FDA permanently lifted one of its restrictions on how patients are able to access Mifeprex, one of two medicines commonly prescribed for medical abortions.

President Joe Biden is pledging his social agenda legislation will deliver tangible savings on prescription drugs for all Americans