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Statin prescribing 'commonly breaching NICE guidance'
Prescribing of suboptimal statin regimens is 'extremely...
Stopping antihypertensives in elderly may be safe
Discontinuing antihypertensive medication in older...
Quadruple therapy should be 'new therapeutic standard' for heart failure, say researchers
Treatment with a four-drug regimen incorporating newer...
'No convincing alternative' to aspirin for secondary cardiovascular prevention, meta-analysis suggests
In a meta-analysis of randomised trials, patients who...
GPs overestimate benefits and harms of treatments, say researchers
GPs’ knowledge of the absolute benefits and harms of...
Omega-3 supplements withdrawn from secondary prevention use
Omega-3 fatty acids can no longer be prescribed to...
Thiazides better than ACE inhibitors as first-line antihypertensives, large-scale analysis suggests
Thiazide diuretics are more effective than ACE inhibitors...
MHRA advises on anticoagulant dose adjustment in patients with renal impairment
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) should...
Take antihypertensive drugs at bedtime for maximum benefit, say researchers
Blood-pressure-lowering drugs may be more effective...
NICE backs secondary prevention drug for patients with stable cardiovascular disease
NHS prescribers have a new routine option for preventing...
Monitor high-risk statin patients for osteoporosis, say researchers
Patients taking high-dose statins who are at increased...
High-dose statins could be made available over the counter, says NHS England
High-dose statins could be supplied by pharmacists...
Updated NICE hypertension guidance halves threshold for prescribing antihypertensives
GPs should offer BP-lowering drugs to patients under...
Don't stop statins in elderly, say researchers
Stopping statins after the age of 75 could increase...
No need to restrict dietary vitamin K intake in patients on warfarin, say researchers
Increasing dietary vitamin K intake may be beneficial...
Prescribers advised not to use newer anticoagulants in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome
Direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) should not...
Half of patients on statins do not reach cholesterol goals, study shows
Half of patients prescribed statins fail to reach their...
Vitamin D and omega-3 do not prevent cancer or cardiovascular disease, major trial suggests
Neither vitamin D nor omega-3 supplements are effective...
NICE updates chronic heart failure guideline
NICE has updated its guideline on chronic heart failure...
Low-dose aspirin 'ineffective' for cardiovascular prevention in larger patients
Higher aspirin doses may be needed to prevent vascular...
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