A pragmatic randomized trial of a polypill-based strategy to improve use of indicated preventive treatments in people at high cardiovascular disease risk

A pragmatic randomized trial of a polypill-based strategy to improve use of indicated preventive treatments in people at high cardiovascular disease risk

Background: Most individuals at high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk worldwide do not receive any or optimal preventive drugs. We aimed to determine whether fixed dose combinations of generic drugs (‘polypills’) would promote use of such medications. Methods: We conducted a randomized, open-label...

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Main Authors: Patel, A., Cass, A., Peiris, D., Usherwood, T., Brown, A., Jan, S., Neal, B., Hillis, G., Rafter, N., Tonkin, A., Webster, R., Billot, L., Bompoint, S., Burch, C., Burke, H., Hayman, N., Molanus, B., Reid, Christopher, Shiel, L., Togni, S., Rodgers, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: SAGE Publications Inc. 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21215

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21215

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