X-Message-Number: 17116 Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:56:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: Statin Cholesterol-Lower Drugs & Costs > Message #17107 From: > > Drug companies have some of the very healthiest profit margins of any > industry in the USA--I don't. Per my checking today, K-Mart pharmacies in > Raleigh, NC will fill a prescription of thirty 10 mg Lipitor tablets at a > costs $56.99. > Check out Policosanol. It has a better therapeutic response, and it is cheaper. See (Int J Clin Clin Pharm Res XIX(4) 117-127 1999) to see how 10 mg Policosanol leaves 20 mg Lipitor in the dust. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17116