CPAP for sleep apnea lowered cholesterol

Joe and Teresa Graedon
Oct 2, 2021
Oct 2, 2021

Graedons — Joe Graedon and Dr. Teresa Graedon

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Question: My doctors have been urging me for years to take cholesterol-lowering drugs. I have not taken them because I did not want to risk their adverse side effects.

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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.