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But there were -- >> could i add a word on that? >> sure. >> the advice from the company is fine. but i would take it a step further. i think that patients need to be their own advocates in this instance. and they need to say to their physicians that they are concerned about this and unless the physician can give them a really clear reason why avandia is better and, remember, the advisory committee had no such evidence. and believed these drugs are equivalent but that avandia increases heart attack risks, the patient should insist on being switched to a safer alternative. >> what should people...

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