Exhibit 99.06


                                SPECIAL AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                        BORON, LEPORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
                               PROFIT SHARING PLAN


                             BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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A.       Cardinal Health 401, Inc. (f/k/a Boron, LePore & Associates, Inc.)
         ("BLP") established and maintains the Boron, LePore & Associates, Inc.
         401(k) Savings Plan (the "BLP Plan") for the benefit of its eligible
         employees and their beneficiaries.

B.       The Cardinal Health, Inc. Employee Benefits Policy Committee (the
         "Committee") oversees the administration of the BLP Plan and is
         authorized to amend the BLP Plan.

C.       The Committee desires to amend the BLP Plan to cease participation in
         the BLP Plan as of December 31, 2002 to permit the participants in the
         BLP Plan to commence participation in the Cardinal Health Profit
         Sharing, Retirement and Savings Plan (the "Cardinal Health Plan")
         effective January 1, 2003.

D.       Section 17.01(b) of the BLP Plan permits the amendment of the BLP Plan
         at any time.


                            AMENDMENT OF THE BLP PLAN
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1.       Section IV.A. of the Adoption Agreement is amended to cease future
         participation in the BLP Plan as of December 31, 2002 in the form
         attached hereto.

2.       Section V.C. of the Adoption Agreement is amended to cease Elective
         Deferrals in the BLP Plan as of December 31, 2002 in the form attached
         hereto.

3.       All other provisions of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.


                         CARDINAL HEALTH, INC.
                         for Cardinal Health 401, Inc.
                         (f/k/a Boron, LePore & Associates, Inc.)

                         By:    /s/ Carole Watkins
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                               Carole Watkins, Executive VP, Human Resources

                         Date:  December 27, 2002
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