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Dear Dr. Roach: I know so many people who have had a heart attack and open heart/bypass surgery due to blocked arteries.

Dear Dr. Roach: Recently, I had my annual checkup and nervously had to wait a while. The doctor鈥檚 assistant came in and proceeded to take my blood pressure.

Eureka! Last week I reported it was impossible to write this column. I had asked readers to respond to how I believe 42,000 addicts on methadone should be treated.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have had elevated blood pressure for a very long time. I had my son eight years ago and I don鈥檛 recall what it was before that; however, I developed pre-eclampsia during pregnancy and had a cesarean section a week early.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an active, healthy 67-year-old man. Several months ago, I started having a deep tightness and burning sensation in both lower legs. Nothing I do relieves the pain, including ice, heat, massage and pain medication.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 63-year-old overweight woman with low cholesterol, normal-range blood pressure and a healthy heart.

Dear Dr. Roach: After two major bouts of gout, my husband was treated with Medrol and colchicine, and has resorted to a low-purine diet in order to decrease the frequency of gout attacks, with their attendant pain and potential renal damage.

It has been aptly said that 鈥渨ars are too important to be left to generals.鈥� I would add that assisted death is too important to be left to politicians and doctors.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 63-year-old male who was diagnosed with hereditary angioedema about 16 months ago. I use Firazyr injection when I have an attack. Are there any new drugs in pill form for my condition? Any support groups? D.Z.

TORONTO 鈥� With medically assisted death now legal in sa国际传媒, doctors need access to specific drugs that will painlessly and humanely terminate a suffering patient鈥檚 life.