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 Okay. Does it h _ve adverse effects on the
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 kidneys?
 ....... 3 K, Meah, it does. Well_ it affects potassium
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 movement in the kidney.
 5 _ Can it cause kidney stones?
 S _ U_h_h_ Although you must admit, we're
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 talking in general terms again --
 8 _ O_ courseŽ
 9 _ _- about carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, and
 I0 what applies to Diamox or acetazolamide applies less
 11 to neptazane. There are different levels with all of
 12 these. X mean you could make lists for every drug
 13 that exists on the market, including aspirin. .o
 _4 _ _t Sounds llke a physician' s desk
 15 re ference
 16 _ Yeah, it sounds llke a PDR, but aspirin,
 17 you know, i_ you take one every day you're going to
 18 stop yourself -_ if you take one every two days
 t9 according to the latest report, you will prevent the
 _ 20 initiation of the fi=st heart attack, which _ am
 21 eternally grateful to read in the newspaper, but--
 22 that is part of my regimen _. buts anyway, if you
 23 take five aspirin a day, 16 aspirin a day, you're
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 likely to gee a gastric ulcer° So there's no -- the
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 point z'm making is that there's nothing out there
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