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I'm curious why Advil is scary to you.


The downvotes are just silly and show a bit of a lack of medical education.

Hints: any medicine expires, any medicine has side effects. I understand that there are some contexts where selling literal kilos of medicine are valid but MASS selling is just stupid. Nobody, not even somewhat large families, should be popping even Advil such that they need to consume kilos of it within the 1-2 years until it expires. And Advil was just an example, I saw those buckets for stronger stuff with more side effects. Medicine should be used like a laser, only where it's needed and sparingly.

And if many people really need to be popping even Advil like candy, it's a symptom of healthcare system failures.

See, sometimes silly things hide much deeper problems, and just because you're immersed in the culture you can't see it.




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