In 2006, more Utahns died as a result of unintentional over-the-counter or prescription drug overdoses than died in motor vehicle crashes. The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) today unveiled a new education campaign meant to reduce the number of unintentional prescription pain medication overdoses in Utah by 15 percent by 2009.

The program by the National Institute of Aging hopes that the smartphone technology should improve compliance with taking prescription drugs for the elderly and disease management.

In an address to the Council of Teaching Hospitals in New Orleans, Wal-Mart's senior vice president and president of health and wellness, Dr. John Agwunobi will confirm a major milestone for the company's $4 prescription program. Since its launch in September 2006, the program walmart.com/pharmacy has now saved Americans more than $1 billion ($1,032,573,012.61 as of March 10, 2008).

The FDA just issued a statement on its ongoing investigation of Montelukast (Singulair), saying that initially FDA thinks that there may be a link between Singulair usage and suicide.

People have been going to doctors’ offices for at least a century without worrying too much about any germs they might pick up there. But if you are concerned, you can reduce your family’s risk by taking a few simple precautions.

Following free drug sample receipt, patients who receive these samples have significantly higher out-of-pocket prescription costs than those who don't, according to the first study to look at the out-of-pocket cost associated with free-sample use, published in the March 24, 2008, issue of Medical Care.

Prescribing costs increase dramatically when people reach 65, according to a detailed analysis of more than five million patients published in the March issue of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

Researchers now have a possible solution for the one in three adults who fail to take their medicines as prescribed by their doctors, as well as for everyone else who occasionally forgets: a sensor necklace that records the exact time and date when specially-designed pills are swallowed, and reminds the user if any doses are being missed.

China State Food and Drug Administration is investigating the case of recalled Baxter's heparin and checking pharmaceutical ingredients used in the drug.

Full prescription coverage of heart drugs could help heart attack survivors live longer, better lives and lower the nation’s healthcare costs, according to a new analysis reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

At least one critic of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says the organization acted too slowly when it learned of the dangers of Trasylol. According to Dr. Dennis Mangano, approximately 22,000 lives could have been saved if the FDA had removed Trasylol from the market when it received evidence that the drug was linked to thousands of deaths. The FDA received that information two years ago from Dr. Mangano.

U.S. FDA warned that the review of Chantix tablets shows that the anti-smoking medication poses serious health risks and side effects.