Prevent the overdose of OTC pain medications

Recently in the emergency room, I saw a 35-year-old patient — we’ll call her Jane — who was vomiting blood. The source of the vomiting turned out to be a bleeding ulcer caused by unintentionally overdosing on ibuprofen. Jane was in pain — she was taking prescription ibuprofen for her chronic knee pain — but she was also taking over-the-counter (OTC) …
Prevent the overdose of OTC pain medications
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