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Simplifying and improving heart attack and stroke prevention

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By Nicholas Wald, Joan Morris 
| The Lancet
The updated meta-analysis by Nelson Wang and colleagues1 confirms our previous findings: (1) standard doses of blood pressure-lowering drugs from different classes lead to similar blood pressure reductions, (2) the effects are additive regardless of combination, (3) blood pressure reductions are greater with higher starting blood pressure, and (4) adding drugs from different classes lowers blood pressure more than increasing the dose of one drug alone.2,3 There is agreement on the evidence...
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By Nicholas Wald
| JAMA Cardiology
To the Editor The article by Kohli-Lynch et al1 demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of a polypill in cardiovascular disease prevention is welcome. Several points are worth making. First, it has been 25 years since the polypill approach was first published in a patent application and subsequently summarized in a medical journal in 2003.2 It should not take this long for advances in preventive medicine to be adopted.
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Could This Revolutionary “Polypill” Be the Key to Preventing Heart Disease? [UK]

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By Rachel Jordan, Aroon Hingorani, Nicholas Wald
| Free Republic
Free Republic Browse · Search General/Chat Topics · Post Article Skip to comments. Could This Revolutionary “Polypill” Be the Key to Preventing Heart Disease? [UK] Scitech Daily ^ | March 11, 2025 | University College London Posted on by Red Badger Academics from UCL propose a national polypill program for everyone over 50 in the UK, combining a statin and three blood pressure drugs, to prevent thousands of heart attacks and strokes annually.
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