The poly-pill approach to health care ...

"A "polypill" packed with four different medications to treat high blood pressure and cholesterol can cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes by up to 40 per cent when taken with aspirin, a study has suggested." 

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	aspirin (75 mg), for thinning the blood lisinopril (10 mg), for reducing blood pressure hydrochlorothiazide (12.5 mg), also for reducing blood pressure simvastatin (20 mg), for reducing “bad” LDL cholesterol

 

Does it follow then (triage aside) that in our health and social care interventions we should not restrict ourselves to a single care domain?

 

My source: 

News: 'Polypill' with aspirin offers hope of fewer heart attacks, The Times, 14 November, 2020, p.28.

 

See also:

https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/11/16/richard-smith-a-new-important-study-supports-wider-use-of-the-polypill/