Veggie drugs
Feb 05, 2014•12 min
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Read the full article online: http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g401
When you prescribe a drug, do you ever stop to wonder if it's suitable for vegetarians? Kinesh Patel and Kate Tatham from Imperial College London have found that 74 of the 100 drugs most commonly prescribed by GPs in the UK contain ingredients which may have been derived from animals.
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