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Generic drugs save Americans billions of dollars a year.

The FDA maintains that they're equivalent to their brand name counterparts.

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grady. Recent recoup. Recent recalls of the blood pressure medicines low sartin and Valsartin have raised

questions about generic drug quality. Where are generic drugs made and how good are they?

Investigative journalist Catherine E-Ban has uncovered some shocking examples of fraud in the

generic drug industry. The FDA's position is we need all these generics. the safe to be coming into the US.

Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, Ms. Eoban's new book,

Bottle of Lies.

First the news.

In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, people with very low levels of Vitamin D

are known to be at higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

A new study has just shown, however, that Vitamin D supplements don't alter the risk.

The trial included 2,423 volunteers with pre-diabedes.

During the 2.5 years of the study, they took either 4,000 international units of Vitamin D3, or a placebo daily.

There was no significant difference between the two groups with regard to the proportion of

participants who developed diabetes. These findings confirm those from previous studies of

Vitamin D supplementation on the risk of diabetes. Other studies have shown

that increased exercise and changes in diet can reduce the chance of a diabetes

diagnosis by more than 50 percent. For someone with pre-diabities, that approach seems to

hold the greatest promise.

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