Experts suggest to prevent heart attack and stroke, this medicine should be given to people after 50 years

Cardiovascular Diseases Risk: The risk of heart diseases increases significantly after the age of 45. In such a situation, to prevent untimely death due to this, scientists have recently suggested health experts to give a medicine called polypill to people above 50 years of age.

Cases of heart disease are increasing rapidly all over the world. The highest number of deaths due to this disease occurs in India. According to a report, out of the total deaths in the country, one in every three people is a patient of heart disease. 

In such a situation, experts believe that if people above the age of 50 are given a daily dose of a combination of cholesterol and BP controlling medicines, then thousands of cases of heart attack and stroke can be prevented. According to a new study, a pill called 'Polypill' can reduce the incidence of heart attack and stroke in the elderly by one-third.

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The pill is a combination of a statin and three other BP-lowering drugs. It could be recommended in place of the NHS's current five-yearly health check. It could be implemented in the UK soon. 

Effect of the polypill

In the study, researchers found that the consumption of this pill reduced the risk of heart attack and stroke by one-third in people aged 50 years and above. This shows that this medicine reduces the pressure on the heart and supports its function, which does not cause life-threatening conditions. 

A tablet instead of regular checkup

According to this study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) , the polypill could be implemented in place of the five-year health check-up given to people aged 40 to 74. According to the study, if this program is implemented, only 8 percent of people will feel more benefit from taking this pill.

The research and its results

This research also states that according to a study published in 2003, if this pill is given to people above 55 years of age, then about 80 percent of heart attacks and stroke cases can be prevented. Not only this, a one-third reduction in the risk of major cardiovascular events was observed for the elderly who took the polypill for five years.

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