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The Pros And Cons Of Bidil

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BiDil is a heart failure drug for a specific racial-ethnic group. Controversy lies in that it was the first drug targeted towards African-American to be approved through the Food and Drug Administration. During research, specifically African-American patients were treated with BiDil; as a result, it is unknown how affective the drug is in other races not studied. There is a debate on whether it is ethical to personalize medicine to specific races since minority races have a history of being underserved regarding healthcare. There are concerns social and environmental factors to disease will be overlooked and instead be attributed to genetic differences, creating a disparity in drug

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