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FDA Generic Approval Changes 2023-2025: What Manufacturers and Patients Need to Know

FDA Generic Approval Changes 2023-2025: What Manufacturers and Patients Need to Know

The FDA's 2023-2025 changes to generic drug approval are speeding up access to affordable medications by prioritizing U.S.-made generics. Here's what it means for patients, pharmacies, and manufacturers.

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How to Use Your Pharmacy’s Consultation Service for Medication Safety

How to Use Your Pharmacy’s Consultation Service for Medication Safety

Learn how to use your pharmacy’s consultation service to prevent dangerous drug interactions, save money, and improve medication safety with expert advice from your pharmacist.

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Feverfew and Anticoagulants: Understanding the Bleeding Risk

Feverfew and Anticoagulants: Understanding the Bleeding Risk

Feverfew may help prevent migraines, but it can dangerously increase bleeding risk when taken with anticoagulants like warfarin or apixaban. Learn the signs, risks, and safe alternatives.

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How TRIPS Trade Agreements Shape Global Access to Generic Medicines

How TRIPS Trade Agreements Shape Global Access to Generic Medicines

TRIPS trade rules force countries to protect pharmaceutical patents, making generic drugs harder to produce and import. This has raised drug prices and delayed access for millions in low-income nations - despite legal flexibilities meant to protect public health.

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How to Read Prescription Labels When Traveling or Crossing Time Zones

How to Read Prescription Labels When Traveling or Crossing Time Zones

Learn how to read prescription labels for international travel, avoid customs issues, and manage medication timing across time zones with practical steps and real-world examples.

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Wilson’s Disease: Understanding Copper Accumulation and Chelation Therapy

Wilson’s Disease: Understanding Copper Accumulation and Chelation Therapy

Wilson’s disease is a rare genetic disorder causing toxic copper buildup in the liver and brain. With early diagnosis and chelation therapy, patients can live normal lives. Learn how copper accumulates, how treatments work, and what to expect.

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Bacterial Skin Infections: Impetigo, Cellulitis, and Antibiotics

Bacterial Skin Infections: Impetigo, Cellulitis, and Antibiotics

Impetigo and cellulitis are common bacterial skin infections with different causes, symptoms, and treatments. Learn how to tell them apart, which antibiotics work, and when to seek urgent care.

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European Generic Markets: Regulatory Approaches Across the EU in 2025

European Generic Markets: Regulatory Approaches Across the EU in 2025

Explore how generic drugs are approved across the EU in 2025, including the four regulatory pathways, the impact of the new Pharma Package reforms, and what manufacturers need to know to navigate the system.

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Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease: How to Diagnose and Treat Samter's Triad

Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease: How to Diagnose and Treat Samter's Triad

AERD, or Samter's Triad, combines asthma, nasal polyps, and NSAID reactions. Diagnosis requires clinical history and sometimes an aspirin challenge. Aspirin desensitization after surgery is the most effective long-term treatment, reducing polyp recurrence and improving quality of life.

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Ascites Management: How Sodium Restriction and Diuretics Really Work

Ascites Management: How Sodium Restriction and Diuretics Really Work

Ascites management relies on sodium control and diuretics, but new evidence challenges old guidelines. Learn what actually works for cirrhosis-related fluid buildup, what to avoid, and how to stay safe while treating it.

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Antipsychotics and Stroke Risk in Seniors with Dementia: What Doctors Won’t Always Tell You

Antipsychotics and Stroke Risk in Seniors with Dementia: What Doctors Won’t Always Tell You

Antipsychotics increase stroke risk by up to 80% in seniors with dementia-even after just days of use. Despite FDA black box warnings, these drugs are still widely prescribed. Learn why they're dangerous and what safer alternatives actually work.

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Topical Steroids: Safe Use and Skin Thinning Concerns

Topical Steroids: Safe Use and Skin Thinning Concerns

Topical steroids effectively treat eczema and psoriasis but can cause skin thinning if misused. Learn how to use them safely, avoid side effects, and recognize warning signs of damage.

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