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TWO DRUG COMBO CAN SIGNIFICANTLY CUT RISK OF HEART ATTACK, STROKE
THE WEEK India
|May 11, 2025
A STUDY PUBLISHED IN MAYO CLINIC Proceedings suggests that combining two cholesterollowering drugs could prevent thousands of deaths annually from heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases.
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Researchers analysed data from 14 studies involving 1,08,373 patients at very high risk of heart attack or stroke, or who had already experienced one. The study found that pairing a high-dose statin with the drug ezetimibe significantly lowered levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol, improving the chances of reaching healthy cholesterol levels by 85 per cent. This combination therapy was considerably more effective than statins alone at reducing LDL cholesterol.
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