Given the arduous path to drug development, there’s nothing like the joy of bringing an important or even life-saving therapy ...

(AbortionFinder provides an up-to-date guide to the legal landscape.) The abortion pill — really a two-drug regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol, taken 24 to 48 hours apart — allows people ...

People may take salt tablets to help replenish low levels of sodium in the body. They are available over the counter in health stores and online. This article looks at when people use salt tablets ...

Plan B, also called the morning-after pill, is an emergency contraceptive pill taken after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy. You don't, however, have to wait until the morning after sex to ...

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 ...

Sometimes you may need to know how to identify a pill. For example, you might find one on the floor and need to figure out what it is. Or maybe you just picked up your new prescription from the ...

Overdosing on oral contraceptives, or taking more than one pill per day, usually isn’t life threatening. You most likely won’t experience any major side effects. It’s not at all uncommon to ...

These days, they're front-and-center for three of the most common forms of birth control: Sterilization (surgery) "The pill" (which contains hormones that prevent pregnancies) LARCs, or long ...

Even with a diagnosis, there's still a lot to consider. The two drugs have different routes of administration. You will need to consider if you want to take a pill daily, or if you are comfortable ...

Or it could be an underlying condition like hypothyroidism. “It’s common not to get a period after stopping the pill,” explained Gil A. Weiss, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine at ...