Heart Attack Patients Skipping Important Meds
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MONDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Many U.S. heart attack patients are not taking their medications as prescribed, according to new research.
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Even some heart attack patients would be better off if their doctors avoided using drug-coated stents to open their clogged arteries, an international study found, raising new concerns about the devices.
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NEW YORK  - Quite often, people with heart   failure have some degree of blockage of the coronary arteries.   In such cases, those who undergo surgery to clear to arteries   have markedly better survival than those treated with   medication, researchers from Canada report.
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People taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) who suddenly stop face an almost 50 percent increased risk for having a heart attack during the first few weeks
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Millions of Americans take medications to lower their cholesterol, but one such medication was taken off the market a few years ago after it led to a muscle disorder in those taking it.
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A &quot;pill-in-the-pocket&quot; self-treatment program can reduce emergency room visits and hospitalizations by nearly 90 percent for people with the heartbeat abnormality called atrial fibrillation, a new study says.
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study of a powerful cholesterol-lowering drug, Zocor, has surprised researchers by finding little or no benefit in greatly increasing the dose given to people who recently had a heart attack.
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A new study of heart disease patients finds that &quot;normal&quot; blood pressure might not be low enough. By reducing their pressure well below the levels suggested by national guidelines
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The move follows recent studies suggesting that the medications might cause heart attacks.
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Some people who occasionally have upsetting bouts of irregular heartbeats may be able to treat themselves and avoid a trip to the emergency room by popping a pill, much as those with chest pain do now with nitroglycerin, new research suggests.
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There is a drug that can lower your risk of heart attack, diabetes, osteoporosis and mental decline by 30 percent to 60 percent, but doctors aren&#39;t prescribing it.
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Two-thirds of chronically ill patients failed to tell their doctors they would have to skimp on their medicines because of cost, according to a new study published yesterday.
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CHICAGO  - A common hypertension medication appears to dramatically reduce the risk of complications or death in patients with heart disease, but without the high blood pressure that often goes hand-in-hand with the condition, a study said.
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Consumers should not purchase or consume the dietary supplements Actra-Rx or Yilishen because they contain an active prescription drug ingredient that can interact with other prescription drugs and result in dangerously low blood pressure, the US Food and
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Doctors say delivering specialist treatments to heart attack patients directly, not taking them to A&E, could save lives.
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People worried about sudden cardiac arrest no longer need a doctor's prescription to buy devices that jump-start the heart.     The Food and Drug Administration for the first time agreed Thursday to let consumers go online and purchase the $2,000 devices for home use...
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The latest &quot;magic pill&quot; may help some people with occasional irregular heartbeats treat themselves, avoiding a trip to the emergency room.