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Medicine Quiz

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  1. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), between 30 and 50 percent of people using medicine are not using them exactly as prescribed.
  2. The bathroom cabinet may be where many of us keep medicine. But the bathroom is the place most likely to get hot and humid because of constant baths and showers. So the American Pharmaceutical Association (APA) says that instead, consumers should use a cool dry cabinet in some other room of the house, that's out of direct sunlight and that can be locked and/or is out of children's reach
  3. APA says you should not chew, crush or break any capsules or tablets unless instructed to do so by your doctor or pharmacist, since some long-acting medications are absorbed too quickly when chewed.

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