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The dangers of mixing drugs - Céline Valéry

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Which of the following is risky behavior: a person taking cholesterol medicine with grapefruit juice? Or a person taking Acetaminophen before going out for drinks? Or a person on blood thinners who takes an aspirin? Turns out, all of them are risky. Each has inadvertently created a drug interaction that could lead to serious complications. Céline Valéry describes the dangers of mixing substances.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Céline Valéry
Director
Bianca Duffeck
Narrator
Susan Zimmerman
Animator
Bianca Duffeck, Allan Dantas, Luke Passos
Art Director
Bianca Duffeck
Editor
Bianca Duffeck
Storyboard Artist
Bianca Duffeck
Character Designer
Bianca Beneduci
Layout Artist
Bianca Duffeck
Producer
Odirlei Seixas, Felipe Grosso, Liana Vianna
Composer
Matheus Wittmann
Sound Designer
Matheus Wittmann
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Associate Editorial Producer
Elizabeth Cox
Script Editor
Jennifer Nam
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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