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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * FORD BRENDAN A   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CARDINAL HEALTH INC [CAH] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP - Corp. Development (Last) (First) (Middle) 7000 CARDINAL PLACE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/03/2005 (Street) DUBLIN, OH 43017 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Shares 02/03/2005   M(1)   10,125 A $ 14.667 70,120 D   Common Shares 02/03/2005   S(1)   6,258 D $ 60 63,862 D   Common Shares               12,982 I By 401(k) Plan Common Shares               2,386 I By ESPP

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (right to buy) (2)

$ 14.667

02/03/2005

M

10,125

03/06/1998

03/06/2005

Common Shares

10,125

$ 0

0

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 17.74

03/04/1999

03/04/2006

Common Shares

13,500

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 27.053

03/03/2000

03/03/2007

Common Shares

10,350

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 27.693

08/24/2000

08/24/2007

Common Shares

22,500

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 36.307

03/02/2001

03/02/2008

Common Shares

9,255

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 43.14

08/11/2001

08/11/2008

Common Shares

7,875

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 47.333

03/01/2002

03/01/2009

Common Shares

23,616

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 31.167

11/15/2002

11/15/2009

Common Shares

45,722

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 66.083

11/20/2003

11/20/2010

Common Shares

34,956

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 68.1

11/19/2004

11/19/2011

Common Shares

37,797

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 67.9

11/18/2005

11/18/2012

Common Shares

44,183

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 67.9

11/18/2005

02/18/2013

Common Shares

4,926

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 61.38

11/17/2006

11/17/2013

Common Shares

57,021

1

D

Option (right to buy) (3)

$ 44.15

08/23/2007

08/23/2014

Common Shares

68,000

1

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FORD BRENDAN A 7000 CARDINAL PLACE DUBLIN, OH 43017			EVP - Corp. Development

Signatures

Brendan A. Ford		02/03/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The reporting person was issued a stock option to purchase 10,125 shares by Cardinal Health, Inc. (the "Company" or "CAH") on 03/06/1995, with an expiration date of 03/06/2005. In light of the expiration date, the reporting person established a 10b5-1 plan on November 10, 2004, when he was not aware of material non-public information about the Company, providing for the exercise of all such 10,125 option shares upon the CAH share price reaching $60.00 per share. In addition, pursuant to such 10b5-1 plan, the reporting person sold a total of 6,258 of the shares to pay the option price and taxes. The remaining 3,867 of the exercised shares have not been sold and have been credited to a directly-held account in the name of the reporting person.
(2)	Stock option granted pursuant to the Cardinal Health, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan.
(3)	Stock option granted pursuant to the Cardinal Health, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan.

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