Crossword Challenge
Across
1 Manufacturers often _____ drug information in their packaging
4 Effectiveness or strength of a medication
7 Flow (from pores)
8 Symmetrical
10 A part of a healthy diet (two words)
12 With 18-across, the topic of this issue’s cover story
15 Sit on, as in a motorcycle
17 NSAIDs are often prescribed for tears of this
18 See 12-across
23 Time of year for pollen (two words)
24 Newly launched medications can be overly _________
25 Immunizations are often called these
26 Start something slowly, such as a new medication (two words)
27 What pilots like to see (two words)
Down
1 Can provide ocular relief
2 Electrical unit
3 Captivate
4 If enlarged, it can impair a man’s urine flow
5 Audacity
6 Succulent that can act as a natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant
9 Accept, as a policy
11 Coagulate
13 Major waste product in urine
14 Dose for patients with diabetes
16 Certain type of angel
19 Skin wounds
20 Best policy, per Ben Franklin
21 Rarest blood classification (two words)
22 Melatonin can help induce this
23 ____-gal, tick borne illness (English name)
Solution is available online at pharmacytoday.org.