When you’re picking up over-the-counter drugs or prescription medications, you’re focused on the ingredients that will make you feel better, not the ones that are along for the ride. But those ...

Although inactive ingredients enhance a drug product’s physical properties and have been deemed safe, clinical reports documenting adverse reactions caused by excipients have been increasing. 1 In ...

Most pills and capsules, whether over-the-counter or prescription, include components other than the actual drug. These compounds, known as "inactive ingredients," help to stabilize the drug or aid in ...

Most approved medications have inactive ingredients that could cause problems for individuals with allergies or intolerances to those ingredients, researchers say. Those problems can add up when ...

Boston, MA -- A new study led by a team of investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found that the vast majority of the most frequently prescribed ...

Many of us take prescription medications regularly — from anti-depressants to migraine treatments — and we often assume that what's in them is just whichever ingredients are doing the work. However, a ...

The average medication contains a mix of eight "inactive" ingredients added to pills to make them taste better, last longer, and stabilize the active ingredients within. Some of those additives are ...

Some inactive ingredients commonly found in medicines may not be so inactive after all, according to a new study published today. Researchers found evidence in the lab that several ingredients, ...

More than 90 percent of the medications that Americans take contain an inactive ingredient that could cause an allergic reaction, a new study suggests. Lactose, peanut oil, gluten and chemical dyes ...

Most prescription drugs contain at least one inactive ingrediant capable of causing adverse reactions, according to a new study. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard and ...

The inactive ingredients found in medication, including things like fillers and dyes, may not be as inactive as they seem, according to a new study. Some of these compounds may have an active effect ...