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Par exemple, l'association du lipitor — le médicament le plus vendu au monde, le médicament le plus vendu au Canada — avec le plavix, qui vient, je crois, au cinquième rang, est aujourd'hui contre-indiquée. Ces deux médicaments peuvent être dangereux pour la santé s'ils sont pris ensemble.
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Madam Fraser, adverse drug reactions are the fourth leading cause of death in our society today. I'm talking about adverse drug reactions that occur in hospital with the drug given as prescribed, rather than in error, which is what the drug companies like to talk about when doctors make errors that are overdoses. A common reason that happens is that a patient is given a drug that is contraindicated for use with another drug they're already on, and someone doesn't know that it's contraindicated or they don't know that they're on that. For example, Lipitor, the world's largest selling drug, the top selling drug in Canada, is now contraindicated with Plavix, which is I think number five. They can be life-threatening if taken together.
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