Factors associated with low compliance with lipid-lowering drugs in hyperlipidemic patients
- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Journal of Clinical Pharmacy & Therapeutics
- Vol. 25 (6) , 445-451
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2710.2000.00315.x
Abstract
Background: Treatment with lipid‐lowering drugs decreases the risk of having a cardiovascular event by 30% according to several large intervention trials. However, both in these trials and in clinic...Keywords
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