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Heart medication recall: Is your prescription affected?

An estimated 60 million scripts are dispensed for this type of beta blocker every year—but more than 17,000 bottles are now ...
Prophylactic cardiac treatment in DMD patients is associated with a 54% lower hazard of death, highlighting its potential survival benefit. Only 27.7% of DMD patients received prophylactic cardiac ...
HAMBURG, Germany – Use of some antibiotic and antipsychotic drugs increases the risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among people with type 2 diabetes who do not have a history of cardiovascular ...
When someone survives a heart attack, their recovery journey often includes a small pharmacy of medications—each serving a specific purpose in their healing process and long-term protection.
—An analysis of population-based data revealed that males born with DMD experienced prolonged survival when cardiac medication was initiated while LVF was normal, highlighting an area of focus for ...
If your doctor suggested you take a statin but you’re not following that advice, you’re not the only one who isn’t filling that prescription. Many people who are candidates for these popular ...
Millions of Americans take prescription medications every day, trusting the drugs they rely on are safe, effective and ...
Secondary prevention medications for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are underused globally and additional strategies to increase their use are needed to improve CVD management and reduce premature ...
MUMBAI: India's heart disease burden is evident not only from the spate of heart attacks among young celebrities in the past five years, but also in the over-50% rise in cardiac medication sale in the ...
Commonly prescribed cardiovascular medications - such as statins, diuretics, and blood pressure drugs - appear to have little or no negative impact on survival among people living with multiple ...