When back pain flares up, you want fast, effective relief. So you open your medicine cabinet in search of pain medicine and ...

In 1938, Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), which gave the Food and Drug Administration ...

A new study suggests that the first over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the U.S. is reaching people who previously had little or no access to contraception. Researchers at Oregon Health & ...

A professional whitening treatment at the dentist’s office is the fastest and most effective way to see results, but it’s costly and time consuming. If you’re leaning toward using over-the-counter ...

You're feeling miserable from being under the weather with the flu , so you go to your nearest drugstore to pick up over-the-counter cold and flu medicine to give you some ...

New research shows a common nasal spray used for allergies may protect you from COVID-19. The over-the-counter spray is an antihistamine known as azelastine. Researchers say the spray could also ...

Over-the-counter sales have tanked for the overdose reversal drug naloxone, likely due to its high price, a new study says. Naloxone (Narcan) is a nasal spray that rapidly reverses an overdose by ...

Imagine that you're pregnant, a few weeks in, and you decide you want an abortion. You walk into a retail pharmacy, and pick up a package on the shelf that says "medication abortion kit." You buy it ...