Poly-pill lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels

A single pill that contains three blood pressure drugs and a cholesterol-lowering drug, reduced a US study found that the risk for cardiovascular disease by 25 percent. The advantage of such Poly-pills: you are not to take not only convenient, but could also be used in countries where medical care is difficult.

In the case of study participants who had taken this 4-in-1-pill, decreased the blood pressure by an average of 7 mmHg, and LDL-cholesterol was also reduced. This reduced their risk for cardiovascular disease compared to participants in the control group by an estimated 25 percent, according to the authors of the study in the New England Journal of Medicine. The combination pill containing low doses of three drugs for the treatment of hypertension and to reduce cholesterol.

The study involved 303 adults participated. It was a person with a low annual income who can afford to often not have their own health insurance and, therefore, medicine in General, will have to pay for. (Editor’s note. d. Red.: In the United States with no health insurance is compulsory.) 86 percent of study participants were treatment-faithful, that is to say, they had taken the Poly-pill is actually a year long. "Patients in community health centers medical assistance, are under-represented in clinical trials traditionally. We need to better understand what works in these situations and what is not, so we können&quot improve the results for our potentially most vulnerable fellow citizens;, Dr. Daniel Muñoz, a cardiologist, explained at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

The doctors hope that such a combination can improve pills the medical care for example in remote areas or economically weak countries. Despite the progress made in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases such as worldwide the most common cause of death in men and women.

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