The increase brought the total to: 4.02 billion. Yes, in 2011, doctors wrote 4.02 billion prescriptions for drugs in America. …

http://www.fda.news/2017-09-16-how-many-drug-scripts-do-doctors-write-per-year.html

A comprehensive study validates the impact opioid abuse has on our country, with results suggesting that from 2009 to 2015, …

http://www.fda.news/2017-09-03-opioid-epidemic-reaches-whole-new-crisis-level-as-big-pharma-drugs-out-america-for-profit.html

A meta-analysis published in the Microchemical Journal revealed that commonly used antibiotics make their way to the environment, which in turn may …

http://www.fda.news/2017-08-01-antibiotic-drugs-found-to-cause-harmful-damage-to-the-environment-even-after-being-consumed-by-patients.html

If you’ve ever taken a prescription drug, you are probably familiar with those paper inserts that come inside the package …

http://www.fda.news/2017-06-28-prescription-drug-insert-sheets-blasted-as-unreadable.html

Often touted as a “silent killer,” hypertension or high blood pressure affects some 1.13 billion people worldwide — that’s around …

http://www.fda.news/2017-06-13-millions-of-patients-are-being-overdosed-with-blood-pressure-medication-study-reveals.html

After publicly declaring that all vaccines are safe and not linked to autism, the American Academy of Pediatrics refused to …

http://www.fda.news/2017-05-07-american-academy-of-pediatrics-declares-no-science-needed-to-prove-vaccines-are-safe-because-they-believe.html

It appears the U.S. government is officially declaring war on cancer by launching a major bureaucratic initiative aimed at sending …

http://www.fda.news/2016-12-15-the-21st-century-cures-act-just-created-the-ministry-of-cancer.html

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to alter the longstanding rules on drug labels. Who cares? What’s the big …

http://www.fda.news/2016-05-05-fda-is-changing-the-rules-on-drug-labeling-for-no-good-reason.html