50Plus - Drugs & Medications

Information about prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, including cost comparisons, potential drug interactions, and safe use recommendations.

• Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
  Consumer Reports offers free unbiased analysis covering hundreds of prescription drugs. Search by disease or drug name. Also money saving tips, drug reports/alerts, and recommended best buys.
• Drug Information: FDA
  Consumer information sheets and package inserts for more than 150 commonly-prescribed medications approved by the US Food & Drug Administration.
• Medicines and You: A Guide for Older Adults
  Advice about taking medicines safely from the US Food & Drug Administration. Topics include: dangers of drug and food interactions, medication side effects, and ways in which drugs may affect people in different ways as they age; also provides specific questions to ask your doctor when new medications are prescribed.
• NeedyMeds.com
  Information about pharmaceutical manufacturers which have special programs to assist people who can't afford to buy the drugs they need; also covers patient assistance programs, state and federal government programs, and more.
• RxList: Internet Drug Index
  Offers detailed and current pharmaceutical information about hundreds of brand and generic drugs. Search by brand name, generic name, or category. Site also features symptom-checker and other health tools, e-newsletter, message boards and alternative medicine coverage (topics here include: Western Herbs, Chinese Herbal Remedies, and Homeopathy). From: WebMD.