According to a report by the Institute of Medicine, with tens of millions of people using prescription and over-the-counter medications, nearly 1. Local Business ...

A large, new study in JAMA Internal Medicine found off-label medications represent about 12% of drug prescriptions and are resulting in negative side effects about 50% of the time. WSJ’s Sumathi ...

The labeling practice is fairly popular near big medical centers but much less common elsewhere, so probably 90% or more of all U.S. prescriptions are still unlabeled.

Additionally, your prescription label should contain your name, your doctor’s name, and the name of the drug, along with the strength, dose, directions, expiration date, and other identifying ...

Whenever we pick up a prescription medication, we see its name printed on the label—sildenafil, fluoxetine, alprazolam, or sertraline, for example.But have you ever wondered how those names are ...