For those living with joint pain, there’s some good news. A recent study suggests that a pill called colchicine might help ...

Among patients with gout in the US, Black individuals and those living in the South were associated with reduced adherence to allopurinol.

Drug discovery is the process through which potential new medicines are identified. It involves a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biology, chemistry and pharmacology. An ...

Nearly three-fourths of gout flares (72%) were either not reported to physicians or pretreated or prevented. HealthDay News — Gout flares are commonly underreported among U.S. adults with gout, ...

What Are Insulin Sensitivity Drugs? Insulin sensitivity refers to how sensitive your body is to the hormone insulin. Impaired insulin sensitivity, also called insulin resistance, is when cells in ...

Gout flares are commonly underreported among U.S. adults with gout, according to a study published in the January issue of ACR Open Rheumatology. Jasvinder A. Singh, M.D., M.P.H., from the Michael ...

Medications for myasthenia gravis (MG) can include cholinesterase inhibitors, corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, monoclonal antibodies, and antibody fragment medications. While myasthenia gravis ...

Preventive gout medications. Colchicine (Colcrys, Gloperba, Mitigare) helps reduce inflammation and lower your risk of another gout attack. Colchicine works best if you take it within 24 hours of ...

Selecting the most effective medication for an adult with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can involve trial and error. The best medication for adult ...

Paralytic drugs, or neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), are powerful muscle relaxants used to prevent muscle movement during surgical procedures. They're also used during critical care, such as ...

Ibuprofen (Advil or Motrin), naproxen (Aleve) and aspirin (Bayer or Ecotrin) are common pain relievers that belong to a class of medication called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

You might just know someone, close or distant, who has struggled with drug addiction at one point in time. It could be a distant relative or someone you went to school with, but the sheer probability ...