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Asthma inhaler back on the market

Joe and Teresa Graedon
Mar 16, 2019
Mar 16, 2019

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Question: I have had asthma for over 50 years and have been using an epinephrine inhaler since it came on the market in the mid-1950s. This allowed me to live a normal life.

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Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist; Dr. Teresa Graedon is a medical

anthropologist and nutrition expert. Questions for the Graedons can be sent to them using their website, www.peoplespharmacy.com, or by writing to the following address: Graedons’ People’s Pharmacy, King Features, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.

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