Tag: take-statin
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After a heart attack, people more likely to take statins as directed
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Heath) – People may do a better job of following doctors’ orders to take statin drugs – prescribed to protect against cardiac problems – after they wind up hospitalized for a heart attack, a large study suggests. “Our theory is that the heart attack hospitalization appeared to serve as a teachable…
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After a heart attack, people more likely to take statins as directed
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Heath) – People may do a better job of following doctors’ orders to take statin drugs – prescribed to protect against cardiac problems – after they wind up hospitalized for a heart attack, a large study suggests. “Our theory is that the heart attack hospitalization appeared to serve as a teachable…