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The Heart of the Matter: Pharmacy Considerations for Cardiovascular Comorbidities

Hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases affect 128 million adults in the United States.

White Paper Summary

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) include a wide range of health conditions impacting the heart and blood vessels. This can include coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease (e.g. stroke), and peripheral arterial disease, just to name a few. But certain risk factors for CVDs, such as high cholesterol and hypertension (high blood pressure), are comorbid health conditions in their own rights. And all these conditions can bring additional complexity in managing the health and treatment of injured workers.

The presence of comorbidities such as CVDs in a workers’ comp claim can create complexity within drug therapy, as common medications prescribed within workers’ comp may come with additional safety and efficacy concerns when considered for these patients.

This may be due to drug-disease interactions between workers’ comp prescriptions and the comorbid condition itself, or even drug-drug interactions between the workers’ comp prescription and the medications prescribed outside of workers’ comp to manage comorbidities.

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Healthesystems is a leading provider of Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) & Ancillary Benefits Management programs for the workers' compensation industry.

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