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pressure drugs could stop thousands dying
FOUR
- IN
- ONE
PILL THAT
SLASHES
HEART RISK
By Eleanor Hayward
Health ReporterTurn to Page 4
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TWO HEALTH BREAKTHROUGHS
++THOUSANDS of lives
could be saved by a
cheap, four-in-one pill
cutting the risk of heart
attacks and strokes.
A major British-led study
found the daily pill containing
aspirin, a statin and two drugs
to lower blood pressure slashesthe risk by up to a third.
In those without a history of heart
attacks or strokes, the risk was
reduced by around 40 per cent.
The idea of a ‘polypill’ contain-
ing several drugs to prevent heart
disease has been around for years,
but none is available in the UK.This is the first major study to
confirm polypills, which cost as lit-
tle as 2p a day to produce, do help
protect all adults – even those
with no history of heart disease.
It suggests such a pill could be
given to millions of over-50s as a
preventative measure, in a similar
way to how statins are prescribed.
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