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Aspirin Demonstrates Cost Benefit Versus Statins In Heart Disease – Study

This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet

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Aspirin use for coronary heart disease prevention in a patient with a 5% five-year coronary risk costs less than one-fifth per event prevented than simvastatin (J&J/Merck's Zocor) in a patient at a 30% five-year risk, a British study found

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