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	Six-in-one-Pill

wiganfootie

3-30-2009 5:38 PM

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3-31-2009 3:44 AM

ratcatcher2

Even MORE of us old fogies about?!

3-31-2009 6:50 AM

debbyski

I dunno. The all in one shot type of a drug appeals to some of those, but I can see the downside to it also. I think people would be better off changing their diets and exercising, but that doesn't always help everyone with a bad family history.

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