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Week of December 05, 2008 |
This week’s topics include mental illness among college students, potential utility of an old medication for advanced Alzheimer’s, comparison of generic versus brand name medications, and medications to treat high blood pressure.
Program notes
0:22 College students and mental illness
1:18 Alcohol use and dependence
2:06 Few sought treatment
3:27 Generic versus brand name medications
4:13 For most of the drugs examined no difference
5:11 FDA approved bioequivalent drugs
5:26 Hypertension treatment
6:25 More expensive drugs under patent
7:30 Try a single medication for several weeks
8:40 Diuretics may drop potassium too low
9:06 Drug for use in advanced Alzheimer’s
10:34 End
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