FDA Consumer Updates
Latest FDA articles
- Manage Your Asthma: Know Your Triggers and Treatment Options
- Beware of Fraudulent Coronavirus Tests, Vaccines and Treatments
- Access to Naloxone Can Save a Life During an Opioid Overdose
- Should You Give Kids Medicine for Coughs and Colds?
- Know Your Treatment Options for COVID-19
Featured FDA articles
- Generic Drugs Undergo Rigorous FDA Review
- Tips to Stay Safe in the Sun: From Sunscreen to Sunglasses
- Learn More About COVID-19 Vaccines From the FDA
- Safely Using Hand Sanitizer
- Medication Errors Happen to Pets, Too
- Where and How to Dispose of Unused Medicines
- Some Medicines and Driving Don’t Mix
FDA 101
- FDA's Critical Role in Ensuring Supply of Influenza Vaccine
- Advisory Committees Give FDA Critical Advice and the Public a Voice
- FDA 101: Dietary Supplements
- Is It Really FDA Approved?
- FDA 101: How to Use the Consumer Complaint System and MedWatch
General safety
- Protect Your Family From Fraudulent Flu Products
- Buying Medicines Online? Be Wary, FDA Says
- Warning: Aspirin-Containing Antacid Medicines Can Cause Bleeding
- What to Know About Breast Implants
- Fluorouracil and Pet Safety
- Products Marketed for Removing Moles and Other Skin Lesions Can Cause Injuries, Scarring
- Caution: Honey-Based Products Promoted for Sexual Enhancement May Contain Hidden Drugs That Could Harm You
- Got a Question About Your Pet's Health?
- FDA Pharmacists Help You Use Medicines Safely
- Caution: Bodybuilding Products Can Be Risky
- Medicines for Your Pet: What’s the Difference Between FDA-Approved and Pharmacy-Compounded Animal Drugs?
- 5 Things to Know about Delta-8 Tetrahydrocannabinol – Delta-8 THC
- Tianeptine Products Linked to Serious Harm, Overdoses, Death
- Dermal Filler Do's and Don'ts for Wrinkles, Lips and More
- Grapefruit Juice and Medicine May Not Mix
Food safety
General health
- It’s a Good Time to Get Your Flu Vaccine
- Hearing Aids and Personal Sound Amplifiers: Know the Difference
- How Gene Therapy Can Cure or Treat Diseases
- Want to Quit Smoking? FDA-Approved and FDA-Cleared Cessation Products Can Help
- Mixing Medications and Dietary Supplements Can Endanger Your Health
- COVID-19 Test Basics
- Help Stop the Spread of Coronavirus and Protect Your Family
- Tips for Women to Prevent Heart Disease
- Eating Too Much Salt? Ways to Cut Back...Gradually
- Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biologics: More Treatment Choices
- Always Tired? You May Have Sleep Apnea
- Older Therapies Aren’t Necessarily Better for Thyroid Hormone Replacement
- Outsmarting Poison Ivy and Other Poisonous Plants
Medicine & children
- Should Your Child Participate in a Clinical Trial?
- Treating and Preventing Head Lice
- A Recipe for Danger: Social Media Challenges Involving Medicines
- Vaccines Protect Children From Harmful Infectious Diseases
- Accidental Exposures to Fentanyl Patches Continue to Be Deadly to Children
- Should You Put Sunscreen on Infants? Not Usually
Further information
For more information about food, medicine, cosmetic safety and other topics for your health, visit FDA.gov/consumers/.
