Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Wallace, thank you so much for agreeing to answer some questions that arose from my article Pain Relief And No Ulcers?

Patients ask for physician's advice and, once satisfied with the response, go and do what they want. And while we may quibble about warnings like, "lose some weight" or "exercise more," it is tough to argue about taking your medications.

This could be huge. Seriously.

It's bad enough having surgery, especially these days since there's a decent chance that you won't get enough pain meds afterward, as we continue to attribute the root of today's opioid problem to

In researching the current status of pull incentives for antibiotic research and development in Europe I came across an ongoing tension.

I have written two blogs relevant to today’s discussion.  In one, I decry the absence of guidelines from professional soc

Thanks in part to the efforts of ACSH and other evidence-minded health policy advocates, the CDC has admitted to a huge mistake.

Heroin, not oxycodone or hydrocodone, is by far the most dangerous opiate on the street. But technically, it isn't dangerous at all. And it's not necessarily a "street" drug because It can be legal. Confused?

In December, BARDA (the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, which is part of HHS)

In 2019, I wrote an article called "4 Prescription Drugs People Hate." It was rather popular.