In the context they mean the exact same thing. Medicine also means everything a medical doctor does.

“Medicine” is broad word that means many things: it’s an art, a profession, medication, a science. You can say “running a mile a day is good medicine” but you can’t say that about “medication”.

Medication is referring to substances used to treat illness or injury Medicine is the method of treating illness or injury Both words derived from latin

Colloquially we do use ‘medicine’ to mean ‘medication’.

Take medication Apply medicine