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Health providers could save billions without compromising healthcare says drug study

01-17-2007 · EurekAlert!

Switching patients to more cost-effective drugs for cholesterol and blood pressure problems could reduce health budgets by billions without compromising clinical care, according to a study in the January issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. No adverse events were reported after patients were switched -- the new cholesterol drugs delivered the same results as the previous drug and the new blood pressure drugs delivered improved performance.

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