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Word: cholestid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...levels. Melman, a urologist, is the only member of his family who is free from such worries. His wife Lois and all three children have FH and must follow a strict lowfat, low-cholesterol diet. Lois and the two older children also take 30 gm a day of cholestid, a cholesterol-lowering drug similar to the cholestyramine used in the N.H.L.B.I. trial. Such drugs are expensive as well as unpleasant: as much as $200 for a month's supply. But, together with diet, they have helped the Melmans "make ourselves normal," as Lois puts it. Doctors hope that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hold the Eggs and Butter | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

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