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Question
How do the chemists make fortunes out of the medicines people forget to take?
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Solution
The forgotten medicines tend to aggravate the illness. As a vicious cycle, again they are forced to buy costlier medicines. Thus people who forget to take medicines contribute to the fortunes of chemists.
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