Routes to a healthy heart:
Keep taking the tablets!

Nine simple ways to reduce your risk of another heart attack: Eat a healthy diet Take more exercise Loose excess weight Stop smoking Drink less alcohol Reduce high blood pressure Reduce high cholesterol levels If diabetic, maintain good control of blood glucose levels Keep taking your prescribed medication

You will have been prescribed medication – probably several different types of medication – after your heart attack. These drugs are intended to help you reduce the risk of having another heart attack. But they only work properly if they are taken at the right dose and the right time. So it's very important to use your medication as directed by your physician.   Here are some of the types of medication you may have been prescribed:

• ACE inhibitors
• Aspirin 
• Beta-blockers
• Cholesterol-lowering drugs
• Diuretics 
• OMACOR^®
• Anticoagulants

Click on each one for more information on that drug type.

 

Ways to help you to remember to take your prescribed medication:

• Always take your medication at the same time(s) each day.
• Use an alarm to remind you when it is time to take your medication. A timer that doubles as a keyring can be handy if you need to take your medication at a time of day when you expect to be on the move.
• Keep a record of the medication you have taken each day and remember to check it before you go to bed.

 

 

Keep taking your prescribed medication

You will probably be prescribed more than one drug after your heart attack and it is vitally important that you continue to take all your medication as prescribed by your physician.

Use this table to record the medication you are on and how often you should take it:

Name of drug	Number of tablets to be taken per day	When they need to be taken