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Renee just started getting her periods about a year ago, and for the last six cycles, they have been very heavy and painful. She has had to miss days of school, even when she was working online. She asks if you have anything she can buy over the counter to make the pain or bleeding more manageable because she finds it hard to talk to her parents about this sort of stuff.
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
