Great name huh? Funny thing, but when you meet the guy, the name matches!!! I had occasion to talk with him when I was going through several days of pre-surgery testing at OSU University Hospital and he really is a fascinating character. How I came to be talking to him is a long story, but the 2 hours was interesting to say the least. He is very knowledgeable about drugs in general and had a piece of information about a drug I'm taking that I was completely unaware of....and so was the cardiologist who prescribed it. I take more that an average interest in the drug/medicine thing because over the past few years, we've had some problems that mandated it.

This drug, Pravachol, is prescribed to lower cholesterol. I told my cardiologist that I had never had a cholesterol problem, which is true. Prior to taking Pravachol, the highest my cholesterol had ever been was 148 with corresponding great levels in LDL and Triglycerides so I couldn't see the point. He felt that it was just a good idea because of the aneurysm, which may be true, but I still didn't see how it could be all that beneficial. Tweed told me something I had never read....that testing has shown a benefit with this particular cholesterol reducer that even the manufacturer had been unaware of. Namely that with Pravachol, you are twenty times less likely to have a second heart attack.....changed my mind a bit.

Spaw