Prescription drugs' fine print is important – a toxicologist explains how to decode package inserts to take medications safely and increase their effectiveness

Don’t be intimidated by the package insert that comes with your medication. Learning how to read it can help you better understand how drugs work.

Brad Reisfeld, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Public Health, Colorado State University • conversation
April 24, 2023 • ~10 min

Taking certain opioids while on commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the risk of overdose

Drugs can interact with one another in ways that are harmful. A study finds that taking oxycodone with certain SSRIs can make an opioid overdose more likely.

Ismaeel Yunusa, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, University of South Carolina • conversation
July 29, 2022 • ~3 min

What’s in your medicine may surprise you – a call for greater transparency about inactive ingredients

There are ingredients in your pills other than the one designed to treat your ailments. Those unnamed ingredients can alter how you respond to a medicine or even make you sick.

Yelena Ionova, Postdoctoral Fellow in Quality of Medical Products, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
Sept. 11, 2020 • ~7 min

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