From 1999-2000, average blood pressures for Americans age 40 and older would have been 10-13% higher without antihypertensive drug therapy.
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Patients Taking Medicines for Heart Failure Incur Lower Health Care Costs: Beta-blockers reduce total treatment costs for heart failure by $3,959
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Effectiveness of an oral pharmacologic agent in preventing venous thrombosis
An oral pharmacologic agent has been demonstrated to be at least as effective as an injectable anticoagulant in the prevention of venous thrombosis following hip replacement.
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While treatment with antihypertensives has already generated a benefit-to-cost ratio of at least 6:1 (6:1 for women and 10:1 for men), more effective use of antihypertensive medication would have an… [ Get More Details ]
The development of antioxidants that reduce oxidative damage is underway. One antioxidant that has been found, uric acid, has an even greater protective effect when combined with tPA.
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