Now imagine thatbut the nearest CVS is 150 million miles away.
Some, like an eye drop or allergy pill, would expire at the two year mark.
There is a gap in public knowledge in the prospective shelf-lives of the medications contained in the ISS formulary.
A three year trip to Mars has a new hazard to worry about as a new study found many of the medications likely to be taken on a trip would expire before the voyage is over.© NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC
It is imperative to know and understand these pharmacologic parameters to make it supply a safe and effective astropharmacy.
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