“There is a young adult mental health crisis in America … So many twentysomethings are struggling yet, as a culture, we’re not sure what to think or do,” writes Dr. Meg Jay. A developmental clinical psychologist, Jay has spent 25 years specializing in the treatment of young adult patients. In her new book, “The Twentysomething … Read more
The first over-the-counter birth control pill in the US is now available. Online sales for Opill, a progestin-only pill (POP), began Monday, and so far the estrogen-free pills are available to purchase on Amazon and directly from Opill.com. Per the website, once the drugs are in stock, they’ll be available for purchase online at Walmart … Read more
Darius Rucker was allegedly caught with marijuana and psychedelic pills before his arrest in Tennessee on Thursday. TMZ reports that the “Wagon Wheel” singer was actually in possession of the substances nearly a year ago on Feb. 19, 2023, and finally turned himself in on Thursday. According to the arrest affidavit obtained by the outlet, … Read more
Forget alcohol — birth control pills could lower your inhibitions. New research out of Canada suggests daily contraceptives could thin regions of the brain responsible for decision-making and impulse control. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Endocrinology, analyzes the effects of oral contraceptives — which are taken by nearly two-thirds of American women 15 … Read more
Social media is swooning over a trendy herbal supplement that’s been around for thousands of years. Ashwagandha, a shrub that’s native to Asia and Africa, is also known as Indian ginseng, as Withania somnifera to scientists, or as “glizzy pills” to TikTokkers. A powder made from the ground root of the ashwagandha plant is a … Read more
A Las Vegas woman who underwent in vitro fertilization was left heartbroken after a CVS pharmacy accidentally gave her her abortion pills that took the lives of her unborn children. Timika Thomas, a mother of four who previously had her fallopian tubes removed, recalls that she began “cramping really bad” when issued Misoprostol instead of … Read more
Two batches of the prescription birth control Tydemy have been recalled over fears that their reduced potency could result in unexpected pregnancy. The Food and Drug Administration issued its warning to consumers on Tuesday, following a July 29 voluntary recall by the drugmaker. Lupin Pharmaceuticals reported that testing showed the pills had decreased levels of the inactive … Read more
Thousands of Tydemy brand birth control pills have been recalled, the Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday, after testing by drugmaker Lupin Pharmaceuticals found that two lots they made of the tablets might have lower effectiveness. Recalled batches of the Tydemy pills — a combination prescription contraceptive of estrogen and progestin — are of two … Read more
There’s still time to volunteer, if you’re willing to take crap from anyone. Doctors are actively recruiting volunteers for a trial of fecal transplant capsules, or “crapsules.” They’re basically what they sound like: capsules containing freeze-dried feces from a donor. More importantly, they also contain microorganisms that people need for a healthy digestive system. The … Read more
DEAR ABBY: Our daughter-in-law has stolen Adderall from our house on three separate occasions. My husband and I reluctantly suspected her after the second occurrence. Last weekend she was here again, and the pill bottle with eight pills in it was on my bathroom counter. When she left, four of them were missing. What do … Read more
About one-third of metro area residents consider themselves overweight — and nearly one-quarter say they’d pop a prescription diabetes-fighting pill to shed extra pounds, a new survey shows. Ten percent of respondents from the city and Long Island are already taking, or know someone using, the drugs Ozempic, Mounjaro, or Wegovy to lose weight, according to … Read more
A 41-year-old man has died after taking two Viagra tablets while drinking alcohol, it has been reported. The man, from Nagpur, India, was staying at a hotel with a female friend, with the pair drinking together before he took two 50mg tablets of sildenafil, which is sold under the brand name Viagra. When he woke … Read more
This speed freak of nature’s drug use was quite X-cessive. A UK man likely set a new a narcotics world record after he consumed 40,000 ecstasy tablets over nearly a decade — and lived to tell the tale. The extreme drug binge was originally documented in 2006, but is currently blowing up online after MDMA … Read more
Nobody told him life was gonna be this way. Matthew Perry said his addiction got so bad that he would visit open houses on Sundays to steal pills from strangers’ medicine cabinets. “And I think they thought, ‘Well, there’s no way that Chandler came in and stole from us,’” Perry said as he candidly opened … Read more