This is general information on phenobarbital, which is a an anticonvulsant medication used to control epileptic seizures. Here, read about how the medication is used and how to prevent problems like addiction and other adverse side...

Find a timeline of important medical inventions of the 20th century. Inventions include the first electrocardiograph, the first kidney dialysis machine, the first plastic contact lens, and the first artificial heart.

Article explaining how drugs like ibuprofen (Advil) and acetaminophen (Tylenol) work to relieve or ease the pain. Provides links to further information on the brain, nervous system, and other medications.

The aims of this TIAFT are to promote cooperation and coordination of efforts among members and to encourage research in forensic toxicology. The members come from police forces, medical examiners and coroners' laboratories, horseracing...

This fact sheet for the drug chlordiazepoxide, which is sold under the brand name Librium, provides information about its usage and side effects.

Here, read about the prescription drug triazolam, also known as Halcion, which is taken for short term treatment of insomnia. This article answers several questions about this drug, including: "Why is this medication prescribed?" and...

This is a great health resource. It includes articles, a medical dictionary, and a drug index. You can select a link to get more information about many health areas.

This manuscript covers general medicine, drugs, physical diseases and their prevention and cure, as well as fruit, herb, and flower illustrations.

Here, patients taking triazolam to for short-term insomnia treatment can read about what the drug does and how it affects the body. Read about possible problems associated with the drug, some of which can be prevented through being...

Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of the whole brain, but neurobiologist David Anderson believes in a more nuanced view of how the brain functions. He illuminates new research that could lead to targeted psychiatric...

The glass measure was used to weigh different medical materials in drugs. It has plain stamps near its opening and a hole in its body.