Effect of pain pills on vaccines

By Kourtney Geers
December 10, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CST
MU researchers have found evidence that some common medicines such as aspirin, acetaminophen or ibuprofen inhibit enzymes that could affect a vaccine’s effectiveness.
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