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Article: Wonder drugs with hidden dangers. (Lovastatin, sucrose polyester, Ro15-4513)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- September 14, 1987
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Wonder drugs with hidden dangers
Imagine being able to enjoy choles-terol-laden foods with a clear conscience --and clean arteries. To gorge on fat that isn't fattening. To booze it up with no fear of drunkenness. Or to build bulging biceps, using a shortcut that eliminates much of the usual sweat and toil.
Sound impossible? Not at all: Every one of these marvels is, in fact, within the reach of modern science. But lest you think paradise lost has been found, it is well to recall the cost to humanity when Eve bit into that big, juicy apple. Like the prophets of old, the scientists behind some modern "miracle' drugs warn that succumbing to ...