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Here at MedsBase, we want to offer you more than just the ability to purchase the medications you require. On this blog, we aim to shed some light on conditions, medications, how they work, what they interact with and any medical news that we think might interest you. Browse below, either by category or by viewing all, to catch up on the latest and learn more.
Legionnaires Disease Treatment: 7 Essential Facts

Legionnaires disease treatment needs a specific antibiotic class — common ones fail completely. Here is [...]

How to Lower Uric Acid: 8 Proven Steps That Work

How to lower uric acid, honestly: what diet actually achieves in mg/dL, the target that [...]

Ozempic Vision Problems: 6 Proven Facts on Eye Risk

Ozempic vision problems are real but rare — regulators put NAION at 1 extra case [...]

What to Do If Your Medication Is Recalled: 7 Steps

What to do if your medication is recalled: the 7 steps that matter, why the [...]

Colchicine for Heart Disease: 5 Proven Facts to Know

Colchicine for heart disease is now FDA-approved at 0.5 mg — but one 7,062-patient trial [...]

Gout Attack Treatment: 7 Proven Steps to Fast Relief

Gout attack treatment that actually works in hours, not weeks. What to take first, the [...]

Semaglutide for Fatty Liver: 6 Proven Facts to Know

Semaglutide for fatty liver is now FDA-approved for MASH with scarring — but 63% vs [...]

Fluconazole vs Clotrimazole: 7 Facts to Compare

Fluconazole vs clotrimazole: a single pill or a multi-day cream? Cure rates are similar—so your [...]

Does Stress Cause Hair Loss? 6 Facts to Know

Does stress cause hair loss? Yes—but usually the reversible kind. Learn the 3-month shed timeline, [...]

Semaglutide for Knee Osteoarthritis: 5 Key Facts

Does semaglutide for knee osteoarthritis really work? A landmark trial cut pain scores sharply—but the [...]

Does Amoxicillin Expire? 7 Proven Facts You Must Know

Does amoxicillin expire? Yes — but the date isn't a hard safety cliff. See what [...]

FDA Peptide Compounding: 7 Essential Facts to Know Now

FDA peptide compounding just changed—or did it? An advisory panel voted on 7 peptides, including [...]

How to Treat Seasonal Allergies: 7 Proven Relief Steps

Learn how to treat seasonal allergies with a step-by-step relief ladder — avoidance, antihistamines, nasal [...]

GLP-1 for Binge Eating: 5 Surprising Research Facts

GLP-1 for binge eating just made headlines — a 2026 meta-analysis of 25 trials shows [...]

Metformin and Vitamin B12 Deficiency: 6 Key Facts

Metformin and vitamin B12 deficiency affects up to 1 in 10 users. Learn who's at [...]

Fluvoxamine for Long COVID: 5 Facts From a New Trial

Fluvoxamine for long COVID eased fatigue in a 399-patient trial — but metformin failed. Here's [...]

Statin Intolerance: What Is Real and What to Do

Statin intolerance is real pain — but blinded trials found up to 90% of it [...]

Ozempic Muscle Loss: How to Protect Strength on GLP-1s

Ozempic muscle loss sounds scarier than it is. See what ~40% lean-mass loss really means, [...]

Baxdrostat for Resistant Hypertension: The New Option Explained

Baxdrostat for resistant hypertension is the first aldosterone synthase inhibitor. See how much it lowers [...]

Motion Sickness Medication: What Works and How to Time It

Motion sickness medication compared class by class — antihistamines, the scopolamine patch and more. See [...]

Is Ozempic Insulin? How Semaglutide Really Differs From Insulin

Is Ozempic insulin? No. Semaglutide is a GLP-1 receptor agonist, not insulin — here is [...]

How to Get Rid of Fungal Acne When Acne Products Fail

Fungal acne is really Malassezia folliculitis — a yeast, not bacteria. Learn the signs it [...]

Ezetimibe vs Statins: How to Pick the Right Cholesterol Treatment

Ezetimibe vs statins: which lowers cholesterol more, which is gentler on muscles, and when combining [...]

Ozempic Nausea: Why It Happens and How to Settle It

Ozempic nausea is the top reason people quit GLP-1s, but it usually fades. Here are [...]