After a heart attack, taking medicines really matters

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After a heart attack, taking medicines really matters

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After a heart attack, patients are often given four or more medicines and directed to take them for life. Those medicines only work to prevent another attack if the patient takes them all consistently and correctly, a new study shows. "You really have to take your medications all the time to derive any benefit," said Dr. Niteesh K. Choudhry. He led the study at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. That may seem obvious. ...

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