Way Too Many Prescriptions

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Thats true about Niacin. BUT... it requires toxic doses of niacin to

accomplish lipid altering doses. This is what Niaspan is. I

experienced all the same symptoms on Niacin that everyone here

experienced with statins. The drop out rate on Niacin therapy is

high, very high. Few can tolerate the side effects. Our bodies are

not designed to function on 2000 mg of niacin per day. Thats why

people get so sick on it. I now balance my B vitamin intake, and I

make an effort to see that I don't overdose. BALANCE is the key.

I also agre with the article that we are overprescribed drugs. I'm

not worried about terrorist harming us. Pfizer is already doing an

excellent job at it.

Bobby

>

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

> Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, August 11, 2008

>

>

> Way Too Many Prescriptions

> (OMNS, August 11, 2008) Vitamin Therapy Safer, More Effective

>

> Half of all Americans are on drugs: prescription drugs. It's true,

> says the Associated Press (14 May 2008): " Half of all insured

> Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic

> health problems. " That is nothing to be proud of.

>

> Among the very most prescribed of all are drugs to lower " bad " LDL

> cholesterol. Patients taking pharmaceuticals trying to do that are

> being mistreated. Why? Because niacin (vitamin B-3) in high doses is

> just as effective, much cheaper, and most importantly, far safer.

> Niacin raises beneficial HDL levels better than any drug. (1) It

also

> dramatically lowers triglycerides.

>

> The New York Times agrees, saying: " An effective HDL booster already

> exists. It is niacin, the ordinary B vitamin. Niacin can increase

HDL

> as much as 35 percent when taken in high doses, usually about 2,000

> milligrams per day . . . and it has been shown to reduce serum

levels

> of artery-clogging triglycerides as much as 50 percent. " The

president

> of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. E. Nissen, said,

> " Niacin is really it. Nothing else available is that effective. "

(2)

>

> Indeed, niacin is it. Niacin is cheaper, safer and more effective.

(3)

> So why are cholesterol-lowering drugs pushed anywhere and

everywhere?

> Professor of medicine Dr. B. Greg Brown offered an answer: " If

you're

> a drug company, I guess you can't make money on a vitamin. "

>

> One reason why doctors and patients select drugs over vitamins is,

> said AP, " the pharmaceutical industry's relentless advertising. "

> Indeed, " Americans buy much more medicine per person than any other

> country . . . The biggest jump in use of chronic medications was in

> the 20- to 44-year-old age group - adults in the prime of life -

where

> it rose 20 percent over the (last) six years. " That is a huge

increase.

>

> Even worse than that, now one out of every four children and

teenagers

> is taking a chronic disease drug, usually for depression, asthma, or

> ADHD. Pushing drug therapy for these conditions is largely based on

> profit, not health. The value of vitamin therapy for each of these

> conditions is already well established. (4)

>

> It is time for patients to assert that they are simply not going to

> accept more and more drugs, at higher and higher prices, with more

and

> more dangerous side effects. It is time to demand the proven but

> too-long-overlooked alternative: safe and effective nutritional

> treatment.

>

> Not one of the cells in your body is made from a drug. When you see

> advertisements urging you to take prescription drugs for a chronic

> condition, ask your doctor why. Then ask for a nutritional

> alternative. Half of us on chronic medication means it is time to

say

> no to drugs.

>

> References:

>

> (1) Alderman JD, Pasternak RC, Sacks FM, HS, Monrad ES,

Grossman

> W. Effect of a modified, well-tolerated niacin regimen on serum

total

> cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and the

cholesterol

> to high density lipoprotein ratio. Am J Cardiol. 1989 Oct 1;64

(12):725-9.

>

> (2) Mason M. NY Times, January 23, 2007. An old cholesterol remedy

is

> new again.

>

> (3) http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n10.shtml Also

vitamin

> E: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n01.shtml

>

> (4) Depression:

http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n11.shtml

> Asthma: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n08.shtml

> Behavioral disorders:

> http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v03n07.shtml

> Research summaries at

> http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml

> Free access to full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles at

> http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom

>

> OMNS Update: OMNS August 7th, 2008 release titled " AOL Shills For

Big

> Pharma " - AOL now appears to have dropped the " Presented by Journey

> for Control " link to Merck Inc. from their " Dangerous Vitamins "

> article. The text of the article appears unchanged.

>

> Nutritional Medicine is Orthomolecular Medicine

>

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> A. , PhD

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Bobby,

You are spot on with the Niacin info. Just because it's a B vitamin people think they can take it indiscriminately without side effects.

The truth of the matter is it can cause the same liver devastation as statins.

I had to go off it at only 100 mg a day!!!

It really made me sick with GERD and general stomach discomfort.

I also had to get off Red Yeast rice which is really a statin as well.

Lovastatin I think? Just thinking of it makes me sick.

So far I've refused to take the statins. Maybe I'm wrong here, but if I reacted to Niacin and Red Yeast Rice so badly, what would happen on a prescription statin?

I don't think I will find out anytime soon.

In the meantime my cholesterol is off the charts as far as the docs are concerned.

If they have a patient who can't tolerate the drugs and have high cholesterol due to familial genetics, what, are doomed or what?

Doesn't make sense.

D (CT)

From: flyinresorts <flyinresorts@...>Subject: Re: Way Too Many PrescriptionsLipitor Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 11:39 AM

Thats true about Niacin. BUT... it requires toxic doses of niacin to accomplish lipid altering doses. This is what Niaspan is. I experienced all the same symptoms on Niacin that everyone here experienced with statins. The drop out rate on Niacin therapy is high, very high. Few can tolerate the side effects. Our bodies are not designed to function on 2000 mg of niacin per day. Thats why people get so sick on it. I now balance my B vitamin intake, and I make an effort to see that I don't overdose. BALANCE is the key.I also agre with the article that we are overprescribed drugs. I'm not worried about terrorist harming us. Pfizer is already doing an excellent job at it.Bobby>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

> Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, August 11, 2008 > > > Way Too Many Prescriptions> (OMNS, August 11, 2008) Vitamin Therapy Safer, More Effective > > Half of all Americans are on drugs: prescription drugs. It's true,> says the Associated Press (14 May 2008): "Half of all insured> Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic> health problems." That is nothing to be proud of. > > Among the very most prescribed of all are drugs to lower "bad" LDL> cholesterol. Patients taking pharmaceuticals trying to do that are> being mistreated. Why? Because niacin (vitamin B-3) in high doses is> just as effective, much cheaper, and most importantly, far safer.> Niacin raises beneficial HDL levels better than any drug. (1) It also> dramatically lowers triglycerides. > > The New York Times agrees, saying: "An

effective HDL booster already> exists. It is niacin, the ordinary B vitamin. Niacin can increase HDL> as much as 35 percent when taken in high doses, usually about 2,000> milligrams per day . . . and it has been shown to reduce serum levels> of artery-clogging triglycerides as much as 50 percent." The president> of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. E. Nissen, said,> "Niacin is really it. Nothing else available is that effective." (2) > > Indeed, niacin is it. Niacin is cheaper, safer and more effective. (3)> So why are cholesterol- lowering drugs pushed anywhere and everywhere?> Professor of medicine Dr. B. Greg Brown offered an answer: "If you're> a drug company, I guess you can't make money on a vitamin." > > One reason why doctors and patients select drugs over vitamins is,> said AP, "the pharmaceutical industry's

relentless advertising. "> Indeed, "Americans buy much more medicine per person than any other> country . . . The biggest jump in use of chronic medications was in> the 20- to 44-year-old age group - adults in the prime of life - where> it rose 20 percent over the (last) six years." That is a huge increase. > > Even worse than that, now one out of every four children and teenagers> is taking a chronic disease drug, usually for depression, asthma, or> ADHD. Pushing drug therapy for these conditions is largely based on> profit, not health. The value of vitamin therapy for each of these> conditions is already well established. (4) > > It is time for patients to assert that they are simply not going to> accept more and more drugs, at higher and higher prices, with more and> more dangerous side effects. It is time to demand the proven but>

too-long-overlooked alternative: safe and effective nutritional> treatment. > > Not one of the cells in your body is made from a drug. When you see> advertisements urging you to take prescription drugs for a chronic> condition, ask your doctor why. Then ask for a nutritional> alternative. Half of us on chronic medication means it is time to say> no to drugs. > > References:> > (1) Alderman JD, Pasternak RC, Sacks FM, HS, Monrad ES, Grossman> W. Effect of a modified, well-tolerated niacin regimen on serum total> cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and the cholesterol> to high density lipoprotein ratio. Am J Cardiol. 1989 Oct 1;64(12):725-9. > > (2) Mason M. NY Times, January 23, 2007. An old cholesterol remedy is> new again. > > (3) http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/v01n10. shtml Also vitamin> E: http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/v01n01. shtml > > (4) Depression: http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/v01n11. shtml > Asthma: http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/v01n08. shtml > Behavioral disorders:> http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/v03n07. shtml > Research summaries at> http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/index. shtml > Free access to full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles at> http://orthomolecul ar.org/library/ jom > > OMNS Update: OMNS August 7th, 2008 release titled "AOL Shills For Big> Pharma" - AOL now appears to have dropped the "Presented by Journey> for Control" link to Merck Inc. from their "Dangerous Vitamins"> article. The text of the article appears unchanged. > > Nutritional Medicine is Orthomolecular Medicine> > Orthomolecular medicine uses safe, effective nutritional therapy to> fight illness. For more information: http://www.orthomol ecular.org > > The

peer-reviewed Orthomolecular Medicine News Service is a non-profit> and non-commercial informational resource. > > Editorial Review Board: > > Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D. > Damien Downing, M.D. > Harold D. , Ph.D. > Steve Hickey, Ph.D. > Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D. > A. , PhD > Bo H. Jonsson, MD, Ph.D > Levy, M.D., J.D. > Paterson, M.D. > Gert E. Shuitemaker, Ph.D. > > W. Saul, Ph.D., Editor and contact person. Email:> omns@... > > > To Subscribe at no charge: http://www.orthomol ecular.org/ subscribe. html > > ------------ --------- --------- --------> To Unsubscribe, please click here.> > > > > > >

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[Guest guest]

I take 2500 mg/day of niacin without any liver problems. Statins

however will elevate my liver enzymes while Niacin has no effect.

The drop out rate from Niacin has to do with the 'flushing' effect with

can be mitigated or entirely eliminated. I personally take any and all

supplements about 15 minutes before taking Niacin. I take both the

supplements and the Niacin with tomato juice each time followed by a

glass of water. I never take timed release Niacin and I always take

Niacin either as powder or I chew up the capsule/tablet being used. My

theory is this, the flushing effect is related to how the liver

processes the Niacin and by putting the liver to work on the other

supplements, the Niacin is not processed so quickly, so I want to

present most of the Niacin to the busy liver which taking a pill/capsule

delays. Hence, the reason I use Niacin powder or chew up the

capsule/tablet. It is very rare that I get any flushing effect at all.

As to people getting sick on Niacin, that is so rare that it doesn't

show up in the medical literature. The few that cannot tolerate Niacin

is a much much smaller percentage than those on statin. There are also

some critical benefits to niacin that are live extending and in the

medical literature, people who take Niacin for 5 years or more have

greater longevity than those that don't. That is an important outcome.

Part of the reason why people live longer on Niacin is that it

improves the quality of LDL, improves the quality of HDL, increases HDL,

decreases VLDL, decreases IDL, and decreases Trigs. And those are just

the benefits I'm aware of. There may be others.

As Fran will note, Niacin can in some cases increase homocysteine but

even taking that into effect, longevity is still increased - people live

longer on Niacin. That is a different result than statins which have no

positive effect on longevity - all cause mortality remains generally

unchanged with statins.

Steve

flyinresorts wrote:

>

>

> Thats true about Niacin. BUT... it requires toxic doses of niacin to

> accomplish lipid altering doses. This is what Niaspan is. I

> experienced all the same symptoms on Niacin that everyone here

> experienced with statins. The drop out rate on Niacin therapy is

> high, very high. Few can tolerate the side effects. Our bodies are

> not designed to function on 2000 mg of niacin per day. Thats why

> people get so sick on it. I now balance my B vitamin intake, and I

> make an effort to see that I don't overdose. BALANCE is the key.

>

> I also agre with the article that we are overprescribed drugs. I'm

> not worried about terrorist harming us. Pfizer is already doing an

> excellent job at it.

>

> Bobby

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[Guest guest]

The good news is that you are going to live the longest as your cholesterol is so high. I bet if you studied your family genetics you would discover longevity in your family. Go on have a look cheer yourself up. The best predictor for the future is to look at the antecedents - that's what I was taught years ago training to be a magistrate. Pamela UK Manzari <dpmanzari@...> wrote: Bobby, You are spot on with the Niacin info. Just because it's a B vitamin people think they can take it indiscriminately without side effects. The truth of the matter is it can cause the same liver devastation as statins. I had to go off it at only 100 mg a day!!! It really made me sick with GERD and general stomach discomfort. I also had to get off Red Yeast rice which is really a statin as well. Lovastatin I think? Just thinking of it makes me sick. So far I've refused to take the statins. Maybe I'm wrong here, but if I reacted to Niacin and Red Yeast Rice so badly, what would happen on a prescription statin? I don't think I will find out anytime soon. In the meantime my cholesterol is off the charts as far as the docs are concerned.

If they have a patient who can't tolerate the drugs and have high cholesterol due to familial genetics, what, are doomed or what? Doesn't make sense. D (CT) From: flyinresorts <flyinresorts >Subject: Re: Way Too Many PrescriptionsLipitor Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 11:39 AM Thats true about Niacin. BUT... it requires toxic doses of niacin to accomplish lipid altering doses. This is what Niaspan is. I experienced all the same symptoms on Niacin that everyone here experienced with statins. The drop out rate on Niacin therapy is high, very high. Few can tolerate the side effects. Our bodies are not

designed to function on 2000 mg of niacin per day. Thats why people get so sick on it. I now balance my B vitamin intake, and I make an effort to see that I don't overdose. BALANCE is the key.I also agre with the article that we are overprescribed drugs. I'm not worried about terrorist harming us. Pfizer is already doing an excellent job at it.Bobby>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, August 11, 2008 > > > Way Too Many Prescriptions> (OMNS, August 11, 2008) Vitamin Therapy Safer, More Effective > > Half of all Americans are on drugs: prescription drugs. It's true,> says the Associated Press (14 May 2008): "Half of all insured> Americans are

taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic> health problems." That is nothing to be proud of. > > Among the very most prescribed of all are drugs to lower "bad" LDL> cholesterol. Patients taking pharmaceuticals trying to do that are> being mistreated. Why? Because niacin (vitamin B-3) in high doses is> just as effective, much cheaper, and most importantly, far safer.> Niacin raises beneficial HDL levels better than any drug. (1) It also> dramatically lowers triglycerides. > > The New York Times agrees, saying: "An effective HDL booster already> exists. It is niacin, the ordinary B vitamin. Niacin can increase HDL> as much as 35 percent when taken in high doses, usually about 2,000> milligrams per day . . . and it has been shown to reduce serum levels> of artery-clogging triglycerides as much as 50 percent." The president> of the American

College of Cardiology, Dr. E. Nissen, said,> "Niacin is really it. Nothing else available is that effective." (2) > > Indeed, niacin is it. Niacin is cheaper, safer and more effective. (3)> So why are cholesterol- lowering drugs pushed anywhere and everywhere?> Professor of medicine Dr. B. Greg Brown offered an answer: "If you're> a drug company, I guess you can't make money on a vitamin." > > One reason why doctors and patients select drugs over vitamins is,> said AP, "the pharmaceutical industry's relentless advertising. "> Indeed, "Americans buy much more medicine per person than any other> country . . . The biggest jump in use of chronic medications was in> the 20- to 44-year-old age group - adults in the prime of life - where> it rose 20 percent over the (last) six years." That is a huge increase. > > Even worse than that, now one

out of every four children and teenagers> is taking a chronic disease drug, usually for depression, asthma, or> ADHD. Pushing drug therapy for these conditions is largely based on> profit, not health. The value of vitamin therapy for each of these> conditions is already well established. (4) > > It is time for patients to assert that they are simply not going to> accept more and more drugs, at higher and higher prices, with more and> more dangerous side effects. It is time to demand the proven but> too-long-overlooked alternative: safe and effective nutritional> treatment. > > Not one of the cells in your body is made from a drug. When you see> advertisements urging you to take prescription drugs for a chronic> condition, ask your doctor why. Then ask for a nutritional> alternative. Half of us on chronic medication means it is time to say> no to

drugs. > > References:> > (1) Alderman JD, Pasternak RC, Sacks FM, HS, Monrad ES, Grossman> W. Effect of a modified, well-tolerated niacin regimen on serum total> cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and the cholesterol> to high density lipoprotein ratio. Am J Cardiol. 1989 Oct 1;64(12):725-9. > > (2) Mason M. NY Times, January 23, 2007. An old cholesterol remedy is> new again. > > (3) http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/v01n10. shtml Also vitamin> E: http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/v01n01. shtml > > (4) Depression: http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/v01n11. shtml > Asthma: http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/v01n08. shtml > Behavioral disorders:> http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/v03n07. shtml > Research summaries at> http://orthomolecul ar.org/resources /omns/index. shtml > Free access to full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles at> http://orthomolecul ar.org/library/ jom > > OMNS Update: OMNS August 7th, 2008 release titled "AOL Shills For Big> Pharma" - AOL now appears to have dropped the

"Presented by Journey> for Control" link to Merck Inc. from their "Dangerous Vitamins"> article. The text of the article appears unchanged. > > Nutritional Medicine is Orthomolecular Medicine> > Orthomolecular medicine uses safe, effective nutritional therapy to> fight illness. For more information: http://www.orthomol ecular.org > > The peer-reviewed Orthomolecular Medicine News Service is a non-profit> and non-commercial informational resource. > > Editorial Review Board: > > Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D. > Damien Downing, M.D. > Harold D. , Ph.D. > Steve Hickey, Ph.D. > Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D. > A. , PhD > Bo H. Jonsson, MD, Ph.D > Levy, M.D., J.D. > Paterson, M.D. > Gert E. Shuitemaker, Ph.D. >

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[Guest guest]

Here is the link to niaspan side effects at askapatient. Now take

what these people experienced, and add myopathy to it, and thats what

happened to me. Bobby

http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=20381 & name=NIASPAN

> >

> >

> > Thats true about Niacin. BUT... it requires toxic doses of niacin

to

> > accomplish lipid altering doses. This is what Niaspan is. I

> > experienced all the same symptoms on Niacin that everyone here

> > experienced with statins. The drop out rate on Niacin therapy is

> > high, very high. Few can tolerate the side effects. Our bodies are

> > not designed to function on 2000 mg of niacin per day. Thats why

> > people get so sick on it. I now balance my B vitamin intake, and I

> > make an effort to see that I don't overdose. BALANCE is the key.

> >

> > I also agre with the article that we are overprescribed drugs. I'm

> > not worried about terrorist harming us. Pfizer is already doing an

> > excellent job at it.

> >

> > Bobby

>

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>

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> to truth we must still march on. " --Stopford

>

[Guest guest]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, August 11, 2008

Way Too Many Prescriptions

(OMNS, August 11, 2008) Vitamin Therapy Safer, More Effective

Half of all Americans are on drugs: prescription drugs. It's true, says the Associated Press (14 May 2008): "Half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems." That is nothing to be proud of.

Among the very most prescribed of all are drugs to lower "bad" LDL cholesterol. Patients taking pharmaceuticals trying to do that are being mistreated. Why? Because niacin (vitamin B-3) in high doses is just as effective, much cheaper, and most importantly, far safer. Niacin raises beneficial HDL levels better than any drug. (1) It also dramatically lowers triglycerides.

The New York Times agrees, saying: "An effective HDL booster already exists. It is niacin, the ordinary B vitamin. Niacin can increase HDL as much as 35 percent when taken in high doses, usually about 2,000 milligrams per day . . . and it has been shown to reduce serum levels of artery-clogging triglycerides as much as 50 percent." The president of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. E. Nissen, said, "Niacin is really it. Nothing else available is that effective." (2)

Indeed, niacin is it. Niacin is cheaper, safer and more effective. (3) So why are cholesterol-lowering drugs pushed anywhere and everywhere? Professor of medicine Dr. B. Greg Brown offered an answer: "If you're a drug company, I guess you can't make money on a vitamin."

One reason why doctors and patients select drugs over vitamins is, said AP, "the pharmaceutical industry's relentless advertising." Indeed, "Americans buy much more medicine per person than any other country . . . The biggest jump in use of chronic medications was in the 20- to 44-year-old age group - adults in the prime of life - where it rose 20 percent over the (last) six years." That is a huge increase.

Even worse than that, now one out of every four children and teenagers is taking a chronic disease drug, usually for depression, asthma, or ADHD. Pushing drug therapy for these conditions is largely based on profit, not health. The value of vitamin therapy for each of these conditions is already well established. (4)

It is time for patients to assert that they are simply not going to accept more and more drugs, at higher and higher prices, with more and more dangerous side effects. It is time to demand the proven but too-long-overlooked alternative: safe and effective nutritional treatment.

Not one of the cells in your body is made from a drug. When you see advertisements urging you to take prescription drugs for a chronic condition, ask your doctor why. Then ask for a nutritional alternative. Half of us on chronic medication means it is time to say no to drugs.

References:

(1) Alderman JD, Pasternak RC, Sacks FM, HS, Monrad ES, Grossman W. Effect of a modified, well-tolerated niacin regimen on serum total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and the cholesterol to high density lipoprotein ratio. Am J Cardiol. 1989 Oct 1;64(12):725-9. (2) Mason M. NY Times, January 23, 2007. An old cholesterol remedy is new again. (3) http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n10.shtml Also vitamin E: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n01.shtml (4) Depression:

http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n11.shtml Asthma: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n08.shtml Behavioral disorders: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v03n07.shtml Research summaries at http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml Free access to full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles at http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom

OMNS Update: OMNS August 7th, 2008 release titled "AOL Shills For Big Pharma" - AOL now appears to have dropped the "Presented by Journey for Control" link to Merck Inc. from their "Dangerous Vitamins" article. The text of the article appears unchanged.

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