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...abundance of caution," read the letter from Cincinnati's Wm. S. Merrell Co. to 230,000 U.S. physicians, "we have determined that the sale of tripara-nol should be discontinued until all possible controversy is put to rest." Thus last week almost half a million patients learned that they could no longer hope to cut down the cholesterol circulating in their blood - and perhaps reduce the danger of heart attacks - simply by swallowing a daily 35^ triparanol capsule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Off the Market | 4/27/1962 | See Source »

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