Bei großer Hitze sollten Medikamente nicht eigenmächtig anders dosiert werden. (Symbolbild)
APA-Images / AP / Nic Coury
FILE - Temperature and humidity are monitored in a medicine cabinet at a medical center in California on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Extreme heat can raise the danger of heat-related illnesses and threaten health in a more subtle way — by amplifying the side effects of many common medications. Hot weather, too, can damage medicines such as insulin that require refrigeration. Inhalers can explode. Epinephrine injectors such as EpiPens can malfunction. Meds delivered in the mail can deteriorate. (AP Photo/Nic Coury, File)