A reader asks pharmacists Joe and Teresa Graedon if the ingredients in an herbal diet pill the reader has purchased will interact badly with the cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor. The Graedons respond with information and cautions about how even natural ingredients in some supplements can affect how prescription drugs work.
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