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Many patients who are at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) do not receive optimal counseling, medication, and monitoring. Several smaller studies have shown that using clinical pharmacists to administer risk-reduction strategies for individual CVD risk factors is effective. Now, in a large, community-based, Canadian study, researchers assessed the effect of a pharmacist-administered medication therapy management program in 723 high-risk patients (mean age, 62) who had ≥1 uncontrolled CVD risk factor (84% with hypertension, 83% with dyslipidemia, 79% with diabetes, 27% smokers) and received care from 56 pharmacies in Alberta. Patients were randomized to usual care or to a protocol of care provided directly by pharmacists that included ba…