Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Portugal, like in other
developed countries, are the main cause of death (40% of
global mortality and are one of the main causes of hospitalization
and physical inability).1
Nowadays a signiÀ cant percentage of the world population
is faced with the need to take medication and adopt
measures to control and treat acute and chronic conditions.
In chronic disease, the medication is often the À rst choice in
the treatment of disease, being the most common health
intervention