Posted AT 4:13 AM EDT on 10/01/07
Halting heart drugs a big risk, study finds
About a third of heart attack survivors stop taking prescribed medications within a couple of years and, as a result, their risk of dying shoots up, new Canadian research shows.
Those who take drugs such as statins and beta blockers routinely, on the other hand, see their risk of dying fall by about 25 per cent, according to the study.
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