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What Will Happen If I Double The Dose Of Cough Medicine?
A growing number of medications are used to treat more than one condition, doing "double-duty" work for ailments they are both approved and not approved to fight. For example, a recent study has found that the skin cancer cream Efudex also helps to smooth the appearance of wrinkles. And the well-known cough medication Robitussin may help women conceive, studies suggest. In this article, experts discuss these and seven other medications that have been shown to have more than one use.
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