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A pill containing folic acid, aspirin, and blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering drugs, which may be given to individuals in order to prevent heart disease
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Polypill — In medicine, the term Polypill has been coined to refer to a medication which contains a combination of active ingredients.BeginningsIn an important and controversial article in the BMJ in 2003, Wald and Law proposed theconcept of a polypill… … Wikipedia
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