This list of confused drug names, which includes look-alike and sound-alike name pairs, consists of those name pairs that have been published in the Institute for Safe Medication Practices ...

Some new medications in development are also trying to solve for a persistent side effect of existing drugs: Patients who ...

It is sold under the brand name Ozempic when it's used for diabetes, and Wegovy when it's being taken for weight loss. It's the same drug, but Wegovy can be prescribed in larger doses.

See the chart below for a list of side effects that have been reported with these drugs. ... Ozempic and Trulicity are both brand-name drugs. Ozempic isn’t available as a generic form.

But in 2014 America’s Drug Enforcement Administration ... Our six charts below show why this is the most lethal phase yet of an opioid epidemic that stretches back to the late 1990s.

Prescription and over-the-counter drugs often have unique names, spelled in weird ways. It's a thorough process, with more rules than you might think.