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How Would a Two-in-One Pill Help Heart Disease? When a patient who is diagnosed with heart disease together with other medical complications such as diabetes, it is not uncommon that they would need to take as many as 7 to 8 different types of medications a day. If they do not take the right dosage of medications prescribed by their doctors at the specified time, their medical conditions might not improve at all and could even be worsen. Unfortunately, the non-compliance risk for these patients is generally high. They could either forget about the correct dosage and simply miss out 1 or 2 pills or tend to mix up the time of taking medication or simply skip because of laziness. Some “expert” patients could even decide which pill to take or not to take. So, the obvious solution to this problem is for the drug manufacturers to make an all-in-one pill or the so-called “poly pill”. However, the resistance from doctors and regulatory authorities tend to prevent such innovation to happen. The reasons are simple. Doctors think that such “poly pill” would be complicated and make them difficult to customize to suit individual patient while the authorities would avoid dealing with any potential problems. But like it or not, it seems that “poly pill “ would be the very likely trend of the future.
Recently, a new drug known as CoPlavix, which is a combination of 2 drugs (aspirin and clopidogrel), helps patients prevent atherothromobosis (AT). The drugs are, indeed, not new at all but this is the first time that drug manufacturer combine them into 1 pill. The drug is, however, not meant for primary prevention. Instead, it is targeted at patients who have already suffered heart attack before, or for those who have been treated for coronary arterial disease. According to health experts, when a patient is prescribed with both drugs, it is imperative that he or she must take both pills together; otherwise a recurrence of heart attack would likely to happen very soon. Having a 2-in-1 pill will ensure a patient takes both drugs together. Atherothrombosis is often termed as the "silent killer" because it could trigger heart attack, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease. Atherothrombosis occurs when there is blood clot formed on ruptured fatty deposits in the arteries so that blood flow is blocked or obstructed. Though atherothrombosis happens to older age group, it is nowadays rather common among people who are in the 30s. It might not be easy to detect atherothrombosis, as they are very few symptoms. For people who are lucky enough, they might feel chest pains during exercise. Fortunately, doctors know exactly the causes behind atherothrombosis. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the rate of incidence by 88 percent if the risk factors are removed. Risk factors that will lead to atherothrombosis include diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension (high blood pressure), smoking, and of course a high-fat diet. By checking diabetes, monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol level, stopping smoking, adopting healthier diets that include more fish, vegetables and fruits and less meat, it is possible to drastically lower the risk of getting atherothrombosis. Meanwhile, exercise regularly is a must. Some health experts also recommend moderate alcohol consumption, say a glass or 2 a day, which they believe could help prevent the occurrence of atherothrombosis.
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