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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
Health
Karen Antcliff

Tesco, Asda, Boots among places where identical medicines are packaged and priced differently

If you've ever wandered into a high street store looking for something as simple as paracetamol then you'll know the array of products, packaging and, more importantly, prices that greet you. Choosing which is 'best' is a minefield but there is an easy trick that you can use when buying virtually any medicine.

The hack will show you exactly what you are buying and whether or not the product is the same as one of its competitors. What's more, you won't need a chemistry degree to use it.

Tesco, Asda, Sainsbuyr's, Boots... in fact anywhere that medicines are sold are likely to be selling identical products that are packaged and priced differently. And it's not just paracetamol, hayfever tablets, cold remedies... its across items.

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