Crossword Challenge

Across

    6   Vitamin partner 

    7   Nondrug option for treating constipation

    9   _____ of March, dangerous day for Caesar

  10   Drug (abbr.)

  11   Digestive enzyme

  12   Career _____, topic of this month’s cover story

  14   Activated this, also known as activated charcoal

  16   Typical blood donation

  18   Frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital

  19   Close to

  20   Soul or spirit, human

  21   Opium or its derivatives, e.g.

  24   Magical drink

  26   Greek symbol for density

  27   Muscle sprains can be _____ to treat inflammation

  28   Innie or outie

  29   Quakes in the cold

Down

    1   Numbing agent

    2   Condition resulting in high creatinine levels in the blood

    3   Donated blood

    4   Torments

    5   5 mL is a tsp; 15 mL is this

    6   TV, radio, etc.

    8   Pinkish rash common in children

  13   Polio vaccine developer

  15   The “R” in RCT

  17   Hormone used to control blood glucose levels

  18   FDA-banned cancer medication found in peach pits

  22   Benzodiazepine used illegally as a date rape drug, informally

  23   Painful obstruction of the ileum or other part of the intestine

  25   26 in Rome

  26   Skin condition often caused by an allergy

Solution is available online at pharmacytoday.org