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Would it be safe for me to take my friend's medication?

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Dr. Andrew Germanovich answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Almost never: If you have an allergy to a medication you can die from it, if it has side effects which are not monitored, you can die from it. Never take what you don't know or what wasn't prescribed to you.

Answered 6/29/2013

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