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Ruby the Liberal

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5. It isn't indicated past 60 months

Reply to Rhinodawg (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 25, 2014, 06:30 PM

Dec 2014

And, (someone correct me if I am wrong), but Insurance/Medicare doesn't cover it beyond that because of that research. Tx is a preventative, not a fix.

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