A 45-year-old man. Back pain. Nothing serious, he thought. He bought Paracetamol from the pharmacy. No prescription needed. "It's just a painkiller," he said. He took 2 tablets every 4 hours.

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A man in his sixties with kidney failure and a stomach ulcer walked into a pharmacy. His prescription? Diclofenac injection. I was there. I read his history. I knew: this drug would destroy his kidneys

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