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"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 12/6/2013 8:48 AM, wrote:
>> On Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:37:34 -0500, Nancy Young
>
>>> A lot of doctors should be more concerned about the plethora
>>> of scary conflicting medications older people seem to be on
>>> than if they ate plain chicken for dinner. Just my observation.
>
>> The two that bother me - statins which make so many of my friends feel
>> ghastly and taking a small dose of aspirin daily. Studies have shown
>> that although that might save some, it's only something like one
>> person in 200 but the damage even the small dose of aspirin can do to
>> so many seems lost in the mist.
>
> Argh, I'm an aspirin abuser, myself. I'm stopping.
>
>> The best bet is to be very leery of anything big pharma makes a bundle
>> on !
>
> I heard something recently that doctors think most people should
> be on statins. I mean, who's paying them. Not to be cynical, but
> they hand out these serious drugs seemingly without a second thought, you
> wonder why.

Yes, the first thing the docs seem to say is ... you really ought to be on
statins ... When she saw my face she said .. oh, you are not keen then ....

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