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Medication can be prescribed to treat and prevent cardiovascular disease. Since the 1980s there has been a rapid increase in the number of prescriptions. In 2008, around 266 million prescriptions were issued for CVD in England, nearly five times as many as issued in 1986.

Since 1990, the number of prescriptions for antiplatelet drugs has increased steadily, and there are now over 38 million prescriptions for antiplatelet drugs in England every year. The number of prescriptions for lipid lowering drugs is more than fifteen times higher than a decade ago.

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