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The latest medication?

by Stephen on 2009/12/09

Medical – Nurses hand offering pills from Yuri Arcurs Website Several years ago I stopped seeing drug reps. Part of the reason was purely time management, that I did not get enough out of the meetings to make it worth my while. Another reason was I was often berated by a drug rep for prescribing [...]

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Statins are not evil

by Stephen on 2009/11/16

One of the classes of drugs that all doctors are sure have saved many lives are the statins, used for lowering cholesterol. Drugs with names like lovastatin, pravastatin, Crestor and Lipitor have been shown to be effective treatment for patients with coronary disease, and have shown over many trials lasting many years a substantial benefit [...]

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