Covid: Half a million people missed out on heart drugs

Covid: Half a million people missed out on heart drugs During the pandemic, nearly half a million people in the UK missed out on starting medication to help prevent heart attacks and strokes, a new study suggests.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) team looked at prescribing data for the first 18 months after Covid hit.

Some 491,000 people - 27,000 a month - appear to have missed out on blood pressure pills.

And 316,000 did not get treatment to lower their cholesterol. BBC News

See also:

• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease prevention and management (open access) Nature Medicine
• Analysis reveals there were 800,000 fewer prescriptions for drugs during pandemic The Daily Mail
• Thousands at risk of heart attacks due to Covid disruption, experts warn The Guardian