The Medical Freedom Channel

“The Rev. Eddie Martin was willing to take two drugs, a diuretic and a calcium channel blocker, to get his blood pressure down. But when his doctor decided to add a third pill, a cholesterol-lowering medication, to Martin’s daily medicine regimen, the reverend balked. ‘I just hate taking pills,’ Martin says, ‘and what’s more, with each extra drug, that’s another co-pay I’ve got to shell out.’ Then, the Woodland, Ohio, resident heard a TV ad for Caduet, which combines the blood-pressure-lowering drug Norvasc with the cholesterol-reducing medicine Lipitor, Martin’s doctor agreed that Caduet could take care of his patient’s blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering needs and prescribed the drug, leaving the reverend’s drug count at a total of two per day.” (04/30/07)