Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every ...

Many U.S. hospitals and other treatment facilities are grappling with shortages of generic drugs, the cheaper alternatives to brand-name medicines. It’s a growing problem that, if left untreated, ...

Americans depend on generic drugs for 90% of prescriptions. But shortages have become a chronic problem. Generic drug manufacturing has become a race to get to the lowest price. Sponsor Message : ...

Most of the drugs in short supply are generics. What if you are hospitalized and the drug needed to save your life isn’t available? That possibility is less remote than you might think. For the past ...

Generic drugs account for more than 90 percent of prescriptions filled in the United States. Recent studies have found concering variability in quality and safety America’s generic drug supply, most ...

Several factors prevent the drug manufacturing industry from increasing supply to meet demand for scarce anesthetic drugs, which have been in a severe shortage for two years, according to a Med City ...

Americans are facing at least two prescription drug crises simultaneously. One is the outrageously high cost of drugs, which runs to more than $500 billion per year. The other relates to extreme drug ...

Robin Finley was diagnosed with uterine cancer five years ago and underwent repeated treatments after it reoccured. Then, when she was halfway through a chemotherapy regimen last year, one of the two ...

A new analysis by WalletHub has revealed the states struggling most with drug use, with New Mexico, West Virginia and Nevada ranking at the top. The study evaluated all 50 states and the District of ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — WalletHub released its recent study on drug use by state, ranking the states on where drug abuse is the worst. According to the WalletHub study, there were mover 80,670 drug ...