Is your medicine cabinet full of expired drugs or medications you no longer use? The best way to dispose of most types of expired, unwanted or unused medicines is through a drug take-back program.

To discard of your prescription or over-the-counter medicines, you can:

Viatris Inc., an American pharmaceutical company, has voluntarily recalled one lot of Xanax XR (alprazolam extended-release) 3 mg tablets nationwide after the product failed dissolution specifications — meaning the tablets did not dissolve as required during quality control testing. The recall was initiated in March 2026 and classified by the...

Xiamen Kang Zhongyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. of Xiamen, China, has voluntarily recalled multiple varieties of cough drops and throat lozenges sold nationwide under six different store-brand labels after the FDA identified manufacturing quality concerns during a facility inspection. No illnesses have been reported. Because a single Chinese manufacturer produc...

The effects of menopause can make a woman’s daily life much harder, and therapies approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration can help. But too many women might not use these treatments to lessen their menopause symptoms because of the risks associated with these drugs described in the drug labels’ boxed warnings (the FDA’s most prominent warnings).

The FDA ha...