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• Tell your pharmacist about every herb, supplement and unusual food habit, because some change how medicines work. Our interactions list covers common ones, not all.
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• Never stop, reduce or replace a prescribed medicine because of something you read here.
• Never give honey to a baby under 12 months old.

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