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2019-08-23 Science & Technology

Cheap combo pill cuts heart, stroke risks, study finds

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-08-23 03:11|| || Front Page|| [10326 views ] Top

#1 Will this be available in the USA eventually? And will it still be cheap?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-08-23 03:53|| 2019-08-23 03:53|| Front Page Top

#2 It doesn't say what 4 generics are in the pill so i can't work out the costs.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-08-23 06:21|| 2019-08-23 06:21|| Front Page Top

#3 If the pill is white, even if effective, it will have an uphill battle gaining acceptance.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-08-23 07:22|| 2019-08-23 07:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Where are the big pharma profits in this? Plus, the burden on social security.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-08-23 07:26|| 2019-08-23 07:26|| Front Page Top

#5 A friend told me that in 1968 he was advised by a senior NIH official to take an aspirin a day for good health. He did. More than a half century later his carotids are as healthy as an 18 year old.

Posted by Chereting Pelosi1889 2019-08-23 09:20|| 2019-08-23 09:20|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll take my chances with bottled water, Bayer Aspirin, Neosporin, a full roll of 90 MPH tape, and eight to ten 30 round mags.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-08-23 09:26|| 2019-08-23 09:26|| Front Page Top

#7 One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all

Posted by Glenmore 2019-08-23 10:19|| 2019-08-23 10:19|| Front Page Top

#8 I thought they debunked the aspirin idea. And the cholesterol pills raise men's estrogen levels.

Posted by gorb 2019-08-23 12:41|| 2019-08-23 12:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Goddamnit ! I can't for the life of me post anything about drugs.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-23 12:58|| 2019-08-23 12:58|| Front Page Top

#10 That went fine... hmmm.

Polypills, or fixed dose combination medications from some Indian companies were banned in the US a few years ago. There was some question about the quality of the constituents used.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-23 13:02|| 2019-08-23 13:02|| Front Page Top

#11 The polypill combines a variety of fixed-dose drugs, including at least one blood-pressure-lowering compound, a statin, and often aspirin, each of those being useful in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Research has proposed that the combination of a statin, one of three things for the treatment of blood pressure (each at half-standard dose), folic acid and aspirin in a “poly-pill” can reduce IHD events by 88% and stroke by 80%. People taking this formulation would benefit from an additional average of 11 years free of these conditions.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-23 13:04|| 2019-08-23 13:04|| Front Page Top

#12 statins - now there's a wonderful idea, /sarc

Posted by Mercutio 2019-08-23 13:11|| 2019-08-23 13:11|| Front Page Top

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