I remember many years ago when I first moved to Asia, people looked at me wide-eyed whenever I took medicine with orange juice or a can of soda.
I dismissed it as some urban legend on the level of the fan-death [1] until a doctor explained to me the adverse interactions of citrus fruits on all sorts of medicine.
I have been taking my medicine diligently with water ever since, but it still amazes me how incredibly different the distribution of such common and potentially life-saving medical knowledge can be across countries and cultures.
I dismissed it as some urban legend on the level of the fan-death [1] until a doctor explained to me the adverse interactions of citrus fruits on all sorts of medicine.
I have been taking my medicine diligently with water ever since, but it still amazes me how incredibly different the distribution of such common and potentially life-saving medical knowledge can be across countries and cultures.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death