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High doses of the Alzheimer's drug Aricept should be banned because it is not effective and has severe side effects, Public Citizen says

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Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease Medication, Drug, Pharma, Healthy Living, Aricept, News

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Patient advocacy group asks FDA to ban high-dose version of Aricept. (LATimes) http://lat.ms/jNKOuV Alzheimer's drug is made in #RTP. #SITT

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High doses of Alzheimer's drug Aricept should be banned, Public Citizen says

physorg.com — “High doses of the Alzheimer's drug Aricept should be banned because they are no more effective than low doses and have a sharply increased risk of adverse effects, the advocacy group Public Citizen and a Johns Hopkins University geriatrician said Wednesday in a petition to the Food and Drug Administration.View full resource at physorg.com

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