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- From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Adiposity 101
- Message-ID: <17911@pitt.UUCP>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 00:36:15 GMT
- References: <1992Dec06.093340.21522@omen.UUCP> <17745@pitt.UUCP> <1992Dec14.234410.11534@omen.UUCP>
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- Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
- Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science
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- In article <1992Dec14.234410.11534@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg) writes:
- >In article <17745@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
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- >>So Chuck, have you tried fenfluramine? I have, and it isn't a panacea.
- >>I admit it does help. But there are some side effects. Over the long
- >
- >I wish I could try it. Last month I suggested just that to Dr. Herson,
- >my Kaiser Permanente endocrinologist. I had brought with me some of
- >the materials I've gathered showing the usefulness of this stuff in
- >controlling obesity and insulin resistance. He declined my offer to
- >lend him these materials, stating that he was quite up to date on
- >current research. Herson stated none of this stuff was approved, and
- >that was that.
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- It is approved. So why not go to some other physician? Unless the
- law in your state forbids prescription of these drugs for obesity
- (some do), you should be able to find a physician who will give them
- to you. This is a further demonstration of the problem with HMOs.
-
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- Gordon Banks N3JXP | "I have given you an argument; I am not obliged
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