Patient Profile Preferred By Doctors For Polypill...

Fig.1: Patient Profile preferred by doctors for Polypill prescription. Further analysis leads us to the top indication groups in secondary CV prevention where doctors would prefer polypill like CAD / T2DM /HTN: 23%, HTN with IHD: 17%, CAD/HTN/ Chronic Heart Failure (CHF): 15% (Fig.2) Results from our survey also showed that 90% Doctors believe that Polypill Improve Compliance and adherence to the treatment. Fig.2: Indications Preferred by doctors for Polypill in CVD management Patient Profile Indications for Polypill in CV Management Polypill usage in a cross section of Indian Physician Primary CV Prevention 6 % High Risk Primary Secondary CV prevention 67 % CAD / T2DM/HTN 23 % HTN with IHD 17 % CAD/HTN/CHF 15 % Discussion: This survey is the first to the authors’ knowledge to examine Awareness, Attitude and Usage of a Polypill approach among a cross section of Indian cardiologist and physicians. The findings can be summarized as follows : Based on risk/benefit ratio there is a high level of acceptance for prescribing a Polypill for primary and secondary prevention to high risk patients and a moderate level of acceptance for prescribing it to moderate risk patients, physicians would prefer Polypill instead of multiple drugs to improve adherence and compliance to therapy. However, Indian physicians currently have very high level agreement with the idea that multiple CVD risk factors need routine prescription of Polypill. The clinical type of Polypill approach