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...ambulance St. Andrew turned on oxygen, spritzed nitroglycerin under McKinney's tongue to relieve the hypertension and potential heart problems, and briefed a hospital over the phone. He warned McKinney to be ready for "a stick," then put in the IV needle to administer the diuretic drug Lasix, which dilates blood vessels. McKinney rallied as his pressure slipped down to 164 over 120. "I was scared," he admitted hoarsely. "I didn't think I'd make...
Barbara Connell heads the Daystar Care Center, a nursing home in Cairo, Ill. Her father-in-law, 85, suffers from congestive heart failure and must spend $190 a month on medications, including the diuretic Lasix, produced by West Germany's Hoechst-Roussel. The senior Connell's income from Social Security totals just $350 a month, and since Medicare does not cover prescription costs, he has begun drawing on savings to pay his pharmacy bills. "If he didn't have those savings, he'd really be in bad shape," says Barbara...
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