CNS-active drugs are associated with an increased risk of falls, delirium, and hospitalization. They are often prescribed for ...

Despite longstanding guidelines, many dementia patients are still prescribed brain-altering medications that can raise the ...

Britons are being told that medicine regulators will introduce stronger addiction warnings on a range of commonly prescribed ...

Beefed-up addiction warnings are being added to a slew of prescription medicines used to treat pain, anxiety, and insomnia.

Even after years of warnings, millions of older Americans with dementia are still being prescribed risky brain-altering drugs—often with no clear medical justification. Even after years of clinical ...

While all medications carry potential side effects, certain types have been shown to increase the risk of falls, confusion ...

HEALTH officials have issued an urgent addiction warning over three common pain and anxiety drugs. UK medicines watchdog the ...

At 16, Eamon Janfada was a promising high school tennis player with dreams of making the varsity team his senior year at ...

Often prescribed to treat conditions such as pain, insomnia and anxiety, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has decided that gabapentinoids, benzodiazepines and z-drugs ...

WHEN Stephanie Harding was first given a ‘wonder’ pain drug it seemed like the answer to her prayers. But almost a decade on, ...

While hiccups are usually harmless and short-lived, they can, in rare circumstances, become medically significant ...

Dementia patients in the U.S. are still being prescribed risky CNS-active drugs despite safety warnings. New JAMA research ...