For decades the instruction was absolute. The evidence behind it turned out to be thinner than assumed — but the conclusion most people draw from that is the wrong one.
Two of the most commonly bought medicines in the world work in genuinely different ways — which is why the right choice depends less on the pain and more on the person.
The bathroom cabinet is the worst place in the house, and the fridge is not automatically the best. A pharmacist on storing medicines through an Indian summer.
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