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Article: Aspirin still least expensive and most versatile drug
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- July 30, 2007
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By Harry Jackson Jr.
ST. LOUIS -- Dr. Philip Majerus discovered a few decades ago that aspirin can help prevent heart attacks and stroke. Since then, Majerus, a professor at Washington University, has maintained a deep respect for this little white pill, which has been around since the 1800s.
"Aspirin is the most effective drug that we have," Majerus says. "If we eliminated all but three drugs, aspirin would be one" we should keep, he says.
Doctors still like it because, while there's a pill for every ailment aspirin addresses, aspirin is the only pill that takes care of so many conditions. Consumers still like it because it's the least expensive and most versatile drug on the market.
"To ...