How to Research Drug Names by Condition

The FDA categorizes prescription drugs both by their active ingredients and chemical types and by the conditions they treat. The Internet has opened the door for drug prescribers, their family members and people who are merely curious about the uses of prescription drugs to be able to research these medicines in order to better understand their effects and uses. To research a drug by the conditions it treats, simply open one of the many online drug databases and select the condition that interests you.

Instructions

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  Open a Web browser and navigate to an online prescription drug database. Drugs.com, RX List and WebMD are a few of the websites that allow you to research a drug by its condition.

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  Click on the "Drugs By Condition" option. Some websites have this option as its own tab; on others, you must click the "Drugs A to Z" tab first and then select "Drugs By Condition."

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  Click on the condition the drug treats.

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  Scroll through the list of possible drugs prescribed for that condition.