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Red Yeast Rice Cholesterol
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that three red yeast rice products marketed to help control cholesterol are unsafe. The FDA says the three products--Red Yeast Rice, Red Yeast Rice/Policosonal Complex, and Cholesterix--contain an unauthorized compound that can interact badly with other medications or cause muscle weakness and kidney damage.
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