Drugs & Supplements
By Year
- Rx Efforts Seek to Reduce Big Pharma’s Influence on Health Care Decisions
- 10 Myths About Coronavirus Vaccines
- 10 Types of Medications That Can Make You Feel Depressed
- 10 Types of Meds That Can Cause Insomnia
- 2002 AARP Idaho Prescription Drug Survey
- 2002 AARP Michigan Prescription Drug Survey
- 2002 AARP Oregon Prescription Drug Survey
- 2007 Survey of WV Residents Age 50+ on Prescription Drug Affordability
- 2008 Survey of Hawai'i Residents Age 50+ on Prescription Drug Affordability
- 5 Essentials to Keep in Your Medicine Cabinet After 50
- 5 Things to Know About Taking 5 or More Medications
- 5 Tips to Manage Your Medications
- 5 Ways to Lower Drug Costs
- 7 Meds That Can Wreck Your Sex Life
- 8 Scary Food-Drug Interactions
- 9 Types of Medication Older Adults Should Use With Caution
- 9 Types of Medications That Can Lead to Chronic Fatigue
- 9 Types of Medications You Should Think Twice About Replacing
- A Conversation With Outgoing FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb
- A New Look at the Awareness and Use of Personal Medication Records: Five Years Later
- A New Study on NSAIDs
- AARP 2006 Prescription Drug Study with Hispanics and African Americans
- AARP Answers: Coronavirus and Prescription Drugs
- AARP Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Prescription Privacy Law
- AARP Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Support Rx Competition
- AARP New York Election Survey: Prescription Drugs - Executive Summaries for State Senate District 2, 3, 35, and 49
- AARP New York Election Survey: Prescription Drugs -- Executive Summary for State Senate District 7
- AARP Oregon Joins DEA For Drug Take Back Day
- AARP Study Finds Popular Brand-Name Drug Prices Far Outstrip Inflation
- AARP Volunteers Keep CareForce Running Smoothly
- AARP Washington Prescription Drug Survey
- AARP's Survey on Supplements for Brain Health
- Access & Affordability of Prescription Drugs: An AARP Study of New Jersey's Hispanic Population
- Affordable Prescription Drugs: A Survey of South Dakota Members
- Affording Prescription Drugs: A Survey of Texas Members
- America's Addiction to Pain Pills
- An Evaluation of the 2006 Medication Review Programs
- Antibiotics Can Be Harsh Medicine
- Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
- April 27 is DEA's Spring Drug Take Back Day
- April 28 is Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- Are Americans age 45+ Using Prescription Drugs Wisely: A 2006 Study
- Are Bioidentical Hormones Safe?
- Are Calcium Supplements Safe?
- Are Consumers Well Informed About Prescription Drugs? The Impact of Printed Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
- Are Doctors Overprescribing Antidepressants?
- Are My Meds Making Me Depressed?
- Are My Mother's Meds Making Her Fall?
- Are Women Being Overtreated for Bone Loss?
- Are You Getting Enough Vitamin K?
- Are You Taking Too Many Pain Meds?
- Are You Taking Too Much Calcium?
- Are Your Meds Making You Fat?
- Are Your Pills Ready for Vacation?
- Are you 50 to 64 years old? Save on Rx!
- Arkansas to Participate in Prescription Drug 'Take-Back'
- As Lipitor Goes Off Patent, What Will Happen to Price of Your Prescription?
- Ask the Right Questions — and Get the Most from Your Medicines
- Aspirin Equal to Warfarin for Heart Failure Patients
- Aspirin Risks Outweigh Benefits for Adults With No Heart Disease History
- Awareness and Use of Personal Medication Records among 50+ Americans
- BU Finding Your Way: Comparing Blood Pressure Medicines
- Be Safe: Know What Medicines You Are Taking
- Bill Would Force Drugmakers to Explain Price Hikes
- Biologics in Perspective
- Biologics in Perspective: Expanded Clinical Options amid Greater Cost Scrutiny
- Blood Pressure Medication Recall Expanded
- Blood Pressure Medication Recalled
- CDC Endorses New Shingles Vaccine
- CDC Urges Older Adults to Get Flu Shot
- CVS Deal May Mean Expanded Health Services
- CVS Limits Opioid Access
- CVS Suspends Sale of Heartburn Drug Zantac Over Cancer Concerns
- CVS to Offer Nationwide Rx Delivery
- CVS, Walgreens to Provide Free Coronavirus Vaccines to Nursing Homes
- Calcium, Vitamin D Don’t Reduce Risk of Bone Fractures
- Can Fosamax and Other Osteoporosis Drugs Contribute to Bone Fractures?
- Can Hawthorn Lower Blood Pressure?
- Can a Single Pill Keep You Healthy to 100?
- Can a UTI Drug Be Toxic?
- Can an Aspirin a Day Do More Harm Than Good?
- Can the Estrogen I Apply to My Skin Spread to My Baby Granddaughter?
- Cancer Drugs' Rising Costs: The $100,000 Myth
- Can’t Afford Your Meds? Talk to Your Doctor
- Caution! These 10 Drugs Can Cause Memory Loss
- Checkup for Your Medicine Cabinet
- Choking on Supplements May Be More Common Among Older Adults
- Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet
- Common Drugs Increase Risk of Dementia
- Common Drugstore Pain Pills Work as Well as Opioids
- Common Painkillers Increase Heart Risks in Healthy People
- Common Questions About Opioids
- Cortisone Shots Provide Short Gain, Long-Term Pain
- Could Vitamin D Help Lower Your Blood Pressure?
- Counterfeit Drugs Are Flooding the Nation's Pharmacies And Hospitals
- Court Upholds Vermont's Prescription Privacy Law
- Cramps, Aches and Extreme Itching — What’s the Cause?
- DEA Cracks Down on Suspicious Drug Prescriptions
- Daily Aspirin Can Harm Healthy Older Adults
- Dangerous Drug Shortages
- Dangers of Common Painkillers
- Deadly Drugs Misused In U.S. Nursing Facilities
- Debate Over Statins Heats Up as Lipitor Heads Toward a Generic Form
- Dems, GOP Support New Bill to Allow Lower-Cost Drugs From Canada
- Dental Association Pushes to Curb Opioid Painkillers
- Despite Concerns, Most Older Adults Use Vitamins, Supplements
- Diabetes Drug Found to Increase Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack and Death
- Diet Pill Dilemma: Bye Belly Flab, Hello Heart Attack
- Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs: Exposure and Response
- Do Antidepressants Work?
- Do Drugs for Treating Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Work?
- Do You Have a Cough That Won't Go Away?
- Do You Really Have a Penicillin Allergy?
- Docs Nudged by Overdose Letter Prescribe Fewer Opioids
- Doctors Discuss the 'Game-Changing' Diet Drug Semaglutide
- Doctors Push Drugs for Dollars
- Don't Eat This if You Take That
- Don't Start Aspirin Regimen to Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke After Turning 60
- Dr. Oz: How Excess Vitamins Can Harm
- Driving While High on Pot Is Not Safe
- Drop Off Unused Medications on Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- Drug Approval Process Far From Foolproof
- Drug Costs for Older Adults Still Soaring
- Drug Industry Ads, Promotions Drive Up Drug Costs
- Drug Testing Starts for Master Athletes
- Drugmaker Recalls One Xanax Batch With Potential 'Foreign Substance'
- Drugmakers Hike Prices of Meds Facing Generic Competition
- Drugs as Good as Stents for Most Heart Patients
- Drugs for Psoriasis, Arthritis May Lower Diabetes Risk
- Drugs to Treat Vision Loss
- Drugs, Sun and Heat: A Dangerous Combination
- E-Prescriptions Can Be Better for Consumers
- EpiPen Price Gouging Affects Us All
- Experiences with and Opinions about Prescription Medication: A Survey of AARP Members in Delaware
- Eye Doctors Caution Against Using CBD as Glaucoma Remedy
- FDA Advisory Panel Votes Would Allow Avandia Sales
- FDA Approves First Migraine-Preventing Drug
- FDA Approves New Drug for Low Libido in Women
- FDA Approves the First Inhaler to Combine 3 Medicines
- FDA Chief Wants More Mail Inspections to Stem Opioid Flow
- FDA Chief on Coronavirus Vaccine: 'No Corners Are Being Cut'
- FDA Moves to Crack Down on Some Homeopathic Drugs
- FDA Names Drugmakers Accused of Blocking Cheaper Generics
- FDA Pulls Zantac From Store Shelves, Pharmacies
- FDA Seeks to Aggressively Tackle Drug Shortages
- FDA Seeks to Boost Generic Drugs
- FDA Urges Reduced Doses for Anemia Drugs
- FDA Vows Greater Regulation of Dietary Supplements
- FDA Warns Dollar Tree for Stocking 'Potentially Unsafe Drugs'
- FDA Warns of Drug Scams That Play on Radiation Fear
- FDA, FTC Warn CBD Sellers About Making Disease-Treatment Claims
- Facing Criticism, Mylan Offers a Cheaper EpiPen
- Federal Appeals Court Rejects Class Action Challenge to Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices
- Federal Court Denies Injunction Against FDA Approval of Biologic-like Generic Drug
- Feds Plan to Make More Drugs Available Without Prescription
- Feds Want Drugmakers to Disclose Prices in TV Ads
- Feeling the Pain of Costly Prescription Drugs
- Fish Oil May Help Prevent Heart Attacks
- Flu Patch Instead of Shot?
- Following Directions on Prescription Drug Labels
- Food and Drug Interactions Quiz
- Gene Mutation Discovery Paves Way for New Heart Drugs
- Generic Drugs
- Glucosamine: No Real Relief for Chronic Lower Back Pain
- Grocer Moves to Buy Rite Aid in Health Care Push
- Gummies for Grown-ups
- Has Vitamin D Been Oversold?
- Have You Given Your Medicines a Check-Up Lately?
- Healthy Water, Healthy You—AARP Highlights Prescription Drug Disposal Program
- Heartburn Drug Recalls Continue Over Fears of Cancer Risks
- Help! My Wife Is Addicted to Ativan
- Helping Mainers Afford Their Medications
- Hidden Dangers of Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers
- Hidden Hazards of Cold Medicines
- High Blood Pressure and Cold Medicine Don't Mix
- High Cost of Insulin to Treat Diabetes Becomes Hot-Button Election Issue
- Home Remedies - Part Two
- Hope for Depression
- Hospital Groups Launch Company to Make Generic Drugs
- Hospitals Creating Company to Make Cheap Generic Drugs
- Hospitals Grapple With a Painkiller Shortage
- Hot Flash Relief From Antidepressants
- How Coronavirus Drugs Are Helping Patients
- How Much Vitamin D — or Calcium — Do You Need?
- How a Drugmaker Bribed Doctors and Helped Fuel the Opioid Epidemic
- How to Avoid Dangerous Medication Errors
- How to Follow the New Advice on Daily Aspirin
- How to Get Enough Calcium From Your Diet
- How to Get High Blood Pressure Medicine Right
- How to Get Your Prescription Drugs During a Disaster
- How to Handle Translated Prescriptions
- How to Pay Less for Drugs
- How to Share Adverse Drug Reaction Info
- Hundreds of Prescription Drugs Are Costlier in 2020
- I Have COPD, and My Drugs Cost $1,800 a Month. Help!
- Ibuprofen May Protect Against Parkinson's Disease
- In Brief: Are Consumers Well Informed About Prescription Drugs? The Impact of Printed Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
- Inheriting Health
- Insomnia Drugs May Cause Falls
- Is Actos Safe?
- Is Amazon Pharmacy a Good Deal for Older Consumers?
- Is It OK To Double Up On My Allergy Meds?
- Is It OK to Take a Pain Reliever Before or After Your COVID-19 Vaccination?
- Is Plavix Causing My Mother's Memory Problems?
- Johnson & Johnson Will List Drug Prices in TV Commercials
- Keeping Your Supplements Away From Children
- Legal But Deadly
- Legal Marijuana May Help Reduce Opioid Use
- Legislature Restores Big Sky Rx
- Let's Cut Drug Costs
- Looking for Ways to Save on Your Prescription Drugs?
- Low-Dose Aspirin May Prevent Breast Cancer
- Major New Study Links Daily Aspirin to Brain Bleeding
- Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable - Tough Choices: AARP Member Surveys
- Many Look for Ways to Spend Less on Prescription Drugs
- Many Urgent Care Centers Overprescribe Antibiotics
- Marijuana Storage, Potency, Dosage and More
- Marijuana Use Among Older Adults Rises Sharply
- Medical Marijuana Use Spreads to Assisted Living Homes
- Medical Marijuana: Your Questions Answered and What We Know Today
- Medicare Drug Discount Card Program: How Much Does Card Choice Affect Price Paid?
- Medicare Part D Doughnut Hole Rebate 101
- Medicare Part D Open Enrollment: Tough Choices for 2011 as Plans Change, Costs Shift
- Medicare Savings Program Offers Better Ways to Get Drug Benefits
- Medication Errors More Than Double
- Medicines and You: You Have The Power
- Mixing Opioid-Addiction Meds With Other Drugs Raises Risks
- Monthly Survey Provides Rx Prices to Public
- More Drugstores Take Back Your Unused Meds
- Most Older Americans Support Medical Marijuana
- Most Patients Don't Tell Their Doctors They Take Supplements
- Most Who Need Cholesterol Drugs Can’t Get Them
- Muscle Drink with HMB Targets the Middle-Aged
- My Health
- My Personal Medication Record
- National Poll: Sizable Number of Older Adults Disregard Antibiotic Instructions
- Nebraska AARP Prescription Drug Survey
- New Bill Would Clear the Way for Generic Biologics
- New Cholesterol Drug Lowers Risk of Death, Heart Attack
- New Coalition Pushes for Lower Prescription Drug Prices
- New Combination of 2 Older Drugs Helps People Lose Weight
- New Drug Lowers Heart Attack Risk
- New Guidelines on Who Should Take Statins
- New Hampshire Creates the Good with Rx Snapshot
- New Laws Allow Pharmacists to Disclose Cheaper Options
- New Online Tool Helps With Prescription Drug Choices
- New Study Highlights Surprising Link Between Heart Attacks and Inflammation
- New Supplement Could Imitate Calorie Cutting
- New Warning for Over-the-Counter Painkillers
- Niacin Clinical Trials Halted
- No Medical Evidence That Taking Ibuprofen Makes Coronavirus Worse
- Off-Label Drugs: What They Are and What It Means for You
- Oklahoma Prescription Drugs: A Survey of AARP Members
- Older Adults Fuel Recreational Pot Use
- Older Americans Report High Use of Dietary Supplements
- Older Americans Support Limits on Opioid Prescriptions
- Online Medications: Consider Safety Above Price
- Opioid Addiction Costs Employers $2.6 Billion a Year
- Opioid Overdoses Up Among Older Americans
- Opioid Prescriptions Dropped Sharply Last Year
- Opioid Prescriptions Falling, but Not in Many Counties
- Opioids Don’t Ease Chronic Pain More Than Other Drugs
- Other Juices—Not Just Grapefruit—Don’t Mix Well With Meds
- OxyContin Maker to Stop Marketing to Doctors
- Par Pharmaceutical Nabbed: Put Older Patients At Risk With Weight-Gain Drug Megace ES
- Parallel Trading in Medicines: Europe's Experience and Its Implications for Commercial Drug Importation in the United States
- Pay Less for Your Medications
- Pharmacy Benefit Manager Will Limit Opioid Prescriptions
- Pharmacy Chains Waive Delivery Fees for Prescription Drugs During COVID-19 Crisis
- Planning for Prescription Drugs During the Coronavirus Outbreak
- Plans & Savings
- Poll: Prescription Drug Advertising
- Prescription Drug Addiction on the Rise
- Prescription Drug Affordability: A 2004 AARP Montana Survey
- Prescription Drug Affordability: AARP Survey of Hispanic New Yorkers
- Prescription Drug Affordability: An AARP Idaho Survey
- Prescription Drug Affordability: An AARP Poll of 18+ Idahoans
- Prescription Drug Affordability: An AARP Survey of Washington Voters
- Prescription Drug Costs Continue to Skyrocket
- Prescription Drug Help in Jeopardy
- Prescription Drug Issues on Long Island: An AARP Survey
- Prescription Drug Shortage Hits U.S. Doctors and Hospitals
- Prescription Drug Side Effects
- Prescription Drug Use Among Midlife and Older Americans
- Prescription Drug Use Among Persons Age 45+
- Prescription Drugs That Can Cause Depression
- Prescription Drugs and Medicare Part D: A Report on Access, Satisfaction, and Cost
- Prescription Drugs and Your Pocketbook: 2004 Survey of AARP New York Members
- Prescription Drugs in Nebraska: A Survey of Experiences and Opinions
- Prescription Drugs: A Survey of Mississippi AARP Members
- Prescription Prices Rise Sharply Despite Discounts, Rebates
- Prescriptions and Your Pocketbook: An AARP Pennsylvania Study
- President Promises to Attack High Drug Prices
- Prices Spike for Some Generic Drugs
- Prices for Brand-Name Drugs Most Used by Medicare Patients Jump Almost 10 Percent
- Probiotics Help Prevent Antibiotic-Related Diarrhea
- Pros and Cons of Participating in a Clinical Trial
- Protect Yourself From Hepatitis A Outbreaks
- Q&A on Vitamin D With Michael Holick
- Questions Are the Answer, Make Sure You Know Your Medications
- Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Viagra?
- Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Vitamin Supplements?
- Quiz: OTC Cold and Flu Medicines
- Recall Expanded for Common Heartburn Medication Zantac
- Reconsidering Statins After 75
- Report Questions 'Little Red Pill' Use in Nursing Homes
- Retail Prices of Brand-Name Drugs Continue to Skyrocket
- Risk of Overdose Greater with Higher Dosage of Opioid Painkillers
- Risky Sedative Still Prescribed for Some Older Adults
- Rx Gift Ban: Just the Facts
- Rx Price Watch Report: Trends in Retail Prices of Specialty Prescription Drugs Widely Used by Older Americans: 2006 to 2015
- Rx Resources for Mass. Residents
- Rx Watchdog Newsletter History
- Save Money on the Drugs You Need
- Save Your Lungs from Pneumonia
- Senate Hears Options for Making Drugs Affordable
- Shingles Vaccine Shortage Continues
- Should I Get the Shingles Vaccine?
- Should I Keep Taking Fosamax for My Osteoporosis?
- Should I Start Taking a Statin?
- Should I Try Lyrica for My Nerve Pain?
- Side Effects & Safety
- Sleeping Difficulties Pose Other Health Problems
- Some Antidepressants Dramatically Increase Risk of Falls in Older People
- Some Dietary Supplements Pose Infection Risk, FDA Says
- Some Thyroid Medications Have Been Recalled
- Specialty Drug Prices Continue to Rise, Study Finds
- State Lawmakers Move to Tax Opioid Manufacturers
- State Makes Medicine More Affordable
- Statins Only Lower Cholesterol If You Take Them
- Statins Quiz
- Stay Out of the Hospital with a Flu Shot
- Strategies to Increase Generic Drug Utilization and Associated Savings
- Studies: Higher Risk of Diabetes, Muscle Pain From High-Dose Statins
- Study Finds Aspirin May Reduce Prostate Cancer Deaths
- Study: Old Flu Drug Speeds Brain Injury Recovery
- Study: Vitamin Supplements Don't Help Heart
- Supplement Pills That Promise Too Much
- Supplements & Vitamins
- Supplements to Take in Your 50s, 60s and 70s
- Supreme Court Considers Competition in Rx Market
- Supreme Court Sides With Big Pharma
- Surprising Good Side Effects of Your Meds
- Survey Shows Growing Worry Among 50+ Over Drug Prices
- Swallow Those Supplements With Care
- Tainted Drugs: Are Our Prescriptions Safe?
- Take Shingles, Pneumonia Vaccines Together
- Taking Charge of Your Meds and Your Budget
- Taking Metformin Despite the Recalls
- Taking Multiple Medications Can Lead to Unsafe Interactions and Side Effects
- Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks
- Test Your Vaccine Smarts
- The 3 Supplements You Might Actually Need After 50
- The Development of Effective Medication Management Partnerships: The AARP New Hampshire Member Panel Survey 2006
- The Drug-Making Process
- The Faces of Addiction
- The Full Story on Fish Oil
- The Future of Marijuana Research
- The New Caregivers
- The New Opioid Dealers
- The Opioid-Medicare Connection
- The Pharmacist Who Says No to Drugs
- The Power of Vaccines Across a Generation
- The Tier 4 Phenomenon: Shifting the High Cost of Drugs to Consumers
- The Truth About Expired Meds
- The Vaccines You Need at 50+
- The Vitamin Quiz
- There's a Coronavirus Vaccine — Now What?
- Time for Your Tdap Booster
- Timing When to Take Your Daily Medications
- Too Many Meds
- Too Much Vitamin B for Men Linked to Lung Cancer Risk
- Tool Helps Pharmacists, Doctors Find Cheapest Drugs
- Top Over-the-Counter Health Products
- Translated Drug Labels Are Often Wrong
- Treating Alzheimer's Disease With Insulin
- Treating Erectile Dysfunction — Without the Little Blue Pill
- Trends in Manufacturer Prices of Prescription Drugs Used by Older Americans
- Turning 50? Go Get A Shingles Vaccine
- Two Pills for the Price of One?
- U.S. Approves New Generic Competitor to EpiPen
- U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Medicaid Providers Challenging Rx Overcharges
- U.S. Supreme Court Considers Generic Rx Makers' Duty
- U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Overturn Barriers to Generic Competition
- U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Take Up Legality of Alleged Anticompetitive Rx Agreements
- Understanding Drug Side Effects as You Age
- Use Medicines Wisely
- Using Pills to Fall Asleep at Night?
- VI Pharmacy Benefits Manager Finally Arrives
- Viagra Benefits Reduced
- Viagra Going Over the Counter — in Britain
- Viagra Turns 20
- Viagra and Heart Risks
- Vial of L.I.F.E.
- Virgin Islands Rx Costs
- Vitamin D May Protect Against Peripheral Artery Disease
- Vitamin D to the Rescue
- Vitamin E Supplements Raise Risk of Prostate Cancer
- Vitamins From A to Z
- Vitamins Won’t Prevent Heart Disease
- Walmart Helps Turn Leftover Opioids Into Useless Gel
- Walmart Limits Opioid Prescriptions to Help Curb Misuse
- Want to Save On Drug Costs and Help Others Do the Same?
- War on Drug Prices
- Warnings Mount Against Taking Livestock Dewormer to Prevent, Treat COVID-19
- Weighing Diet Drug Risks After Recalls
- West Virginia Prescription Drug Survey: An AARP Study
- What Are the Side Effects of Long-term Use of Xanax and Ambien?
- What Drug Works for Urinary Incontinence?
- What Is CBD and Does It Work?
- What Medical Marijuana Works For
- What You Can Do About the Opioid Epidemic
- What You Need to Know About Off-Label Drugs
- What You Need to Know About the New Nasal-Spray Depression Drug
- What an Outrage: Dental Bill Puts Bite on Homeowner
- What to Know About Blood Thinner Pills
- What to Know About mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
- When Drug Patents Expire: How Do We Ensure Competition?
- When Flu Relief Comes With an Rx
- When Medicine Makes You Sick
- When Painkillers Kill
- When Proton Pump Inhibitors Do More Harm Than Good
- When Supplements Become Dangerous
- Where Are The New Obesity Drugs?
- Who Really Needs the Hepatitis B Vaccine?
- Why Our Drugs Cost So Much
- Will Hurricane Maria Trigger Drug Shortages?
- Will a COVID-19 Vaccine Be Safe?
- Working to Protect the State Prescription Drug Programs
- Zinc, Vitamin D and the Coronavirus: What Doctors Know So Far