If lifestyle changes alone don’t allow you to meet your blood sugar and A1C goals, your doctor may prescribe medication. Here are some factors you and your doctor may consider when deciding ...

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One of the most prominent medical developments in recent years has been the emergence of a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs). The best known of these ...

The insulin in NNC2215 makes links to two moieties: a glucose-binding macrocycle and a glucoside, which mimics glucose. When there’s little or no glucose present, the glucoside forms a ...

"I wish I had known that to begin with," she says. "I would have stuck with water." The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates that as many as half the people taking medications at any given ...

2 Non-stimulant ADHD medications of different classifications work in different ways. Both Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists and SNRIs affect norepinephrine (or noradrenaline) levels in the nervous ...

There are four medications approved in the UK to ease a person’s dementia symptoms, including memory and thinking problems: donepezil rivastigmine galantamine memantine. These treatments are only ...

When a medication works right, it boosts your health or helps you feel better. But a drug can bring on problems if it doesn't mix well with something else you put into your body, like another ...

Side effects are common for people taking medications for dementia symptoms. For most people, these get better after a few weeks of taking the medication. However, not everyone has the same side ...

Drug-induced lupus is more common in men because they are given these drugs more often; however, not everyone who takes these drugs will develop the disease. Specific criteria for diagnosing ...

Drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster Ozempic can cut drug and alcohol abuse by up to 50% according to a new study, adding to mounting evidence that the drugs yield health benefits beyond ...

It's an age-old worry among many parents: Is my kid using drugs? Data shows why such concerns these days go beyond fretting over a teen potentially puffing on pot, with the rise of fentanyl ...