Statin Users Suffer Preventable Heart Attacks

The statins (or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) form a class of hypolipidemic agents, used as pharmaceuticals to lower cholesterol levels in people with or at risk for cardiovascular diseases. A recent study in Amsterdam has revealed that patients that tend to not follow the proper dose requirements are having heart attacks as a consequence. It has been recorded that nearly half of the patients that were prescribed the medication stopped comsumption after two years, most resulting in a heart attack. These preventable heart attacks are increasing over the European continent only because of the patients' laziness of taking the prescribed medication over a long time period to prevent further complication of their cardiovascular disease.

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I found this article very interesting because most people complain about the ineffectiveness of their treatments or prescriptions. I feel that the doctors emphasize enough about that importance of medications with those with cardiovascular diseases, however, most patients stop taking their medication due to laziness. This tends to lead to a worsening of the condition and doctors seem to take the blame. Only if there was a sure way to ensure the daily consumption of the medication prescribed to the patients.
-MPatel