Lillian says 'those medications are a miracle.'
Transcript
When I was telling my friend of mine who lives in [city], she’s a GP there. She said, ‘Are you on Entresto?’ and I said, ‘Yes.’ And she’s like, ‘It’s a game changer.’ She’s seen patients who before would have been horrible, who have gotten better, like a miracle drug. And I have a drug plan that pays for it. So, it’s OK and Jardiance is very expensive as well. So yeah, I think. So maybe my heart was going to improve anyway. Maybe it was like the toxicity of the drugs and thus, somehow my heart is improved. But I’m not sure how I would have survived the intervening time anyway without those medications.
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