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Controlled release pills and capsules that show a tendency in the standard laboratory test toward “dose dumping” — releasing their medicine in a faster and potentially unsafe manner in patients who have consumed alcohol — should be withheld from the market until proven safe with testing in people. That’s the conclusion of a new review of existing studies.

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