A Polypill Can Reduce Heart Disease?

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oi-Anjana NS

By Anjana Ns

Friday, May 27, 2011, 11:58

The medicine in demand among the widespread population is a combination drug with multiple active ingredients. Polypill. The Polypill made out of cheap medication as the ingredients are off patent is said to be a effective treatment against the Cardiovascular diseases.

This treatment is cheap and with few side effects like Stomach irritation and Cough (10-15% of recipients) but could reduce the mortality due to heart diseases and strokes by up to 80%.

This has been mainly introduced by Cadila to reduce blood pressure, Cholesterol and taking a low dose of Aspirin to prevent heart disease and stroke. India having the highest number of heart patients, this pill is going to be a boon. This drug contains 75mg of Aspirin, the two blood pressure drugs Lisinopril (10mg ) and Hydrochlorothiazide (12.5 mg) and 20 mg of cholesterol reducing drug Simvastatin.

The Blood Pressure, Cholesterol which harms the heart. So this multipurpose pill is going to be a perfect medicine for people to get cured or prevent themselves from heart diseases. It is recommended that people above age 55 should start taking it even if they don't suffer from heart problems and to be away from such risk forever. This is affordable for all class of people and is a very safe way to get treated.

Taking polypill for long term can reduce the heart diseases. The circulatory system of the body is totally controlled by the heart so the blood pressure should be normal and the amount of LDL(low density) cholesterol should be less as it is harmful and HDL(high density) cholesterol more as it is good for health and heart.

This polypill consumption everyday by people suffering from such problems would reduce and these are the main reasons for heart problems like Abnormal Ekg which is a result of too much fat in arteries, valvular heart disease is due to blood pressure problems and has become very common among the people. So poly pill, accordingg to the researchers is said to be a boon for the heart patients around the world.

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