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- noun
Medication that is a combination drug of multipleactive ingredients , and that is aimed to beconsumed widespread in thepopulation , even by currentlyhealthy individuals , as a means of preventative medicine
Etymologies
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Silly Pills: Medicinal chemist Derek Lowe also thinks the polypill is a silly idea, as do many readers of the BMJ.
Archive 2003-07-01 2003
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Silly Pills: Medicinal chemist Derek Lowe also thinks the polypill is a silly idea, as do many readers of the BMJ.
Medpundit 2003
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An international team, funded by the Wellcome Trust in London and the British Heart Foundation, is developing what they claim is the "polypill" -- a cheap drug that can protect against heart disease and stroke.
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A polypill is a single pill containing a number of key drugs that are widely used to help lessen the risk of heart attacks, strokes, or other medical problems.
Buzzword: Polypill 2009
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A polypill is a single pill containing a number of key drugs that are widely used to help lessen the risk of heart attacks, strokes, or other medical problems.
Buzzword: Polypill 2009
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Researchers in Britain say the so-called polypill could reduce the incidents of heart attacks and stroke by more than 80 percent.
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American College of Cardiology meeting, a combination drug called a polypill may drastically reduce the risk of heart disease.
WN.com - Articles related to Congress begins investigating salmonella outbreak, egg recalls 2010
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(March 31, 2009 - Insidermedicine) From Orlando According to research presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting, a combination drug called a polypill may drastically reduce the risk of heart disease.
WN.com - Articles related to Congress begins investigating salmonella outbreak, egg recalls 2010
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According to research presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting, a combination drug called a polypill may drastically reduce the risk of heart disease.
WN.com - Articles related to Congress begins investigating salmonella outbreak, egg recalls 2010
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However, some experts have suggested that statins could be included in a so-called polypill, a five-in-one drug which would also include aspirin and three blood pressure-lowering medications and which could be given even to healthy people to help protect them.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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