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Browse this site for information about vaccines -- vaccine safety, vaccine risks and benefits, immunizations, adult immunizations, childhood immunizations, vaccine research and testing, adverse events... Details >

National Vaccine Program Office, U.S Department of Health and Human Services

Also available in: Spanish 

This Research Report is based on the findings of recent studies on the use of anabolic steroids in the United States. Its goal is to educate the public about these drugs and the dangers of misusing th... Details >

National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health

This publication identifies drug products approved on the basis of safety and effectiveness by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act). Drugs on... Details >

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

U.S. nonprescription, over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are among the most safely packaged consumer products in the world. Most by law are sealed in tamper evident packaging for your protection. But m... Details >

Federal Citizen Information Center, U.S. General Services Administration

This site contains information for consumers on safe and responsible self-medication with over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. Hard copies of these online pamphlets are also made available in single or b... Details >

Consumer Healthcare Products Association  

This page links users to CDER material and resources available online. Includes a drug code directory, information on drug labeling changes, adverse drug reaction reporting data, and information on ... Details >

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

A staggering number of seniors, 243,000, end up in the hospital each year because of reactions caused by combining over-the-counter and prescription medicines. This tip sheet provides seniors with fac... Details >

NCOA Headquarters  

To guard against potential problems with medicines, you must be knowledgeable about what you take and how it makes you feel. Knowledge, common sense, and a few simple tools can help you safely manage ... Details >

NCOA Headquarters  

An online resource where users can learn more about drugs, dietary supplements and drug interactions; find out how the drug they are taking compares with others like it; and get information about the ... Details >

Commercial Entity--Follow the Resource URL for More Information

This internet index links to enforcement reports by release dates from 1990 to the present.... Details >

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

This is an index of consumer health information articles on FDA services. This list represents selected articles produced from 1990 to date.... Details >

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

In honor of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) 100th year, this Web site gives a quick study on FDA history and offers fun features plus many FDA accomplishments made in promoting and prote... Details >

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration offers consumers information about the safety of products they regulate, including food, drugs, medical devices, biologics, animal feed and drugs, cosmetics, an... Details >

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The official magazine of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), each issue contains in-depth feature articles written for the general public on getting healthy and staying healthy. The magazine ... Details >

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

These podcasts are produced by the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. They provide emerging safety information about drugs in conjunction with the release of Publi... Details >

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Grouped by topic, these are the latest consumer interest updates from the FDA. Topics include drugs, foods, medical devices/radiological products, veterinary medicine, and miscellaneous.... Details >

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The FDA will create a new independent Drug Safety Oversight Board to oversee the management of drug safety issues, and will provide emerging information to health providers and patients about the risk... Details >

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

This article presents basic advice for safe and effective use of medicine. Special precautions related to children, tampering, and correct dosage are described. ... Details >

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Answers to the frequently asked questions about medication errors with links to other sites and more detailed information that may be of help.... Details >

Institute for Safe Medication Practices  

This site provides graphical illustrations of the best ways to administer eye, ear, and nose drops, inhalers, and suppositories. ... Details >

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists  

Consumers are urged to report defective and problematic products to the Food and Drug Administration. The evaluation procedures for foods, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, and veterinary drugs are d... Details >

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The patient education information contained in this booklet applies generally to both over-the-counter and prescription medicines.... Details >

U.S. Pharmacopeia  

Information, statistics and advice on what action you should take in the case of accidental drug poisoning in the home.... Details >

U.S. Pharmacopeia  

This web site presents health care professionals who encounter actual or potential medication errors with several options by which to report these incidents confidentially to U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP). ... Details >

U.S. Pharmacopeia  

MedWatch, the FDA Medical Products Reporting Program, is an initiative designed to both educate all health professionals about the critical importance of being aware of, monitoring for, and reporting ... Details >

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

An interactive chart that provides an overview of CDER's over-the-counter drug review process, and how CDER determines the safety and effectiveness of OTC drug products. ... Details >

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Preventing Medication Errors puts forward a national agenda for reducing medication errors based on estimates of the incidence and cost of such errors and evidence on the efficacy of various preventio... Details >

Institute of Medicine, The National Academies  

SafeMedication.com features complete, easy-to-read information on more than 800 drugs. It is based on ASHP's premier, unbiased drug information resources, which are developed independently by pharmaci... Details >

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists  

Drugs can treat diseases and relieve symptoms. But they can also have side effects. Improper use of drugs can do more harm than good, and even lead to serious consequences. Therefore, everybody should... Details >

Educational Institution--Follow the Resource URL for More Information

Also available in: Spanish 

This page links to information on drugs, foods, medical devices and radiological health, biological products, veterinary medicine, and health and medical conditions for consumers.... Details >

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

In response to growing public concern with health risks posed by approved drugs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services announced a series of steps to ... Details >

Institute of Medicine, The National Academies