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Veggie drugs

Medicine and Science from The BMJ

February 5, 201412m 19s

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Read the full article online: http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g401

When you prescribe a drug, do you ever stop to wonder if it's suitable for vegetarians? Kinesh Patel and Kate Tatham from Imperial College London have found that 74 of the 100 drugs most commonly prescribed by GPs in the UK contain ingredients which may have been derived from animals.