Sunday House Call, #333, December 19, 2010

Topics include the drug shortage, alcohol for homeless alcoholics, side effects of biphosphonates, bone scans for vertebral fractures, a question about a non-smoking 45 year-old woman using the birth control pill for endometriosis and her concern about blood clots and whether the use of ASA is indicated to prevent them, viscosupplementation for mild to moderate osteoarthritis of the knee, approaches to diagnose ans treat chronic should pain, and the purpose of gastroscopy.