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Article: New three-in-one pill may help prevent heart attacks: Drug may be available in two years, group says
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- Charleston Daily Mail
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- September 5, 2006
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BARCELONA, Spain - A three-in-one pill being developed to treat
heart disease could save millions, particularly in developing
countries where most heart attacks occur, experts said at the World
Congress of Cardiology.
The so-called "polypill" would contain aspirin, statins and ACE
inhibitors - the three drugs known to prevent recurrent heart disease
- and be used to reduce the occurrence of heart attacks, strokes and
other cardiovascular health problems, the World Heart Federation said
Monday.
"Potentially, millions of lives could be saved worldwide by this,"
Dr. Sidney Smith, chairman of the federation's scientific advisory
board, said at the conference in Barcelona, Spain. "These ...