Simvastatin and cholestyramine in the long‐term treatment of hypercholesterolaemia
Abstract Ytre‐Arne K, Nordøy A (Department of Medicine, Regionsykehuset i Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway). Simvastatin and cholestyramine in the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. After 6 weeks on a lipid‐lowering diet, 20 outpatients with type II hyperlipoproteinaemia (18 type IIa) were randomized to trea...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-2796.1989.tb01397.x 2024-06-02T08:15:19+00:00 Simvastatin and cholestyramine in the long‐term treatment of hypercholesterolaemia YTRE‐ARNE, K. NORDØY, A. 1989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1989.tb01397.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2796.1989.tb01397.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1989.tb01397.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Internal Medicine volume 226, issue 5, page 285-290 ISSN 0954-6820 1365-2796 journal-article 1989 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1989.tb01397.x 2024-05-03T12:00:32Z Abstract Ytre‐Arne K, Nordøy A (Department of Medicine, Regionsykehuset i Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway). Simvastatin and cholestyramine in the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. After 6 weeks on a lipid‐lowering diet, 20 outpatients with type II hyperlipoproteinaemia (18 type IIa) were randomized to treatment with cholestyramine 12 g b.i.d. (5 patients) or simvastatin (a new HMG‐CoA reductase inhibitor) 40 mg q.p.m. (15 patients) for 12 weeks. From week 13 to week 20 nine patients in the simvastatin group and all patients in the cholestyramine group were treated with the combination of the two drugs. From week 21 to week 52 all patients were on monotherapy with simvastatin. Simvastatin treatment reduced low‐density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by 40% after 12 weeks, compared with 33 % in the cholestyramine group. This difference was not significant. The total reductions of LDL‐cholesterol on combination therapy were respectively 60% and 56% in each group. After 52 weeks LDL‐cholesterol was still reduced by 36% ( P < 0.001) on monotherapy with simvastatin. Simvastatin also reduced triglycerides (TG) by 17% ( P < 0.05) and high‐density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was increased by 19% ( P <0.01). No serious side effects were observed, and the new HMG‐CoA reductase inhibitors may offer a new approach to the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromsø Wiley Online Library Nordøy ENVELOPE(15.648,15.648,68.320,68.320) Norway Tromsø Journal of Internal Medicine 226 5 285 290 |
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Abstract Ytre‐Arne K, Nordøy A (Department of Medicine, Regionsykehuset i Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway). Simvastatin and cholestyramine in the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. After 6 weeks on a lipid‐lowering diet, 20 outpatients with type II hyperlipoproteinaemia (18 type IIa) were randomized to treatment with cholestyramine 12 g b.i.d. (5 patients) or simvastatin (a new HMG‐CoA reductase inhibitor) 40 mg q.p.m. (15 patients) for 12 weeks. From week 13 to week 20 nine patients in the simvastatin group and all patients in the cholestyramine group were treated with the combination of the two drugs. From week 21 to week 52 all patients were on monotherapy with simvastatin. Simvastatin treatment reduced low‐density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by 40% after 12 weeks, compared with 33 % in the cholestyramine group. This difference was not significant. The total reductions of LDL‐cholesterol on combination therapy were respectively 60% and 56% in each group. After 52 weeks LDL‐cholesterol was still reduced by 36% ( P < 0.001) on monotherapy with simvastatin. Simvastatin also reduced triglycerides (TG) by 17% ( P < 0.05) and high‐density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was increased by 19% ( P <0.01). No serious side effects were observed, and the new HMG‐CoA reductase inhibitors may offer a new approach to the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. |
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Simvastatin and cholestyramine in the long‐term treatment of hypercholesterolaemia |
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Simvastatin and cholestyramine in the long‐term treatment of hypercholesterolaemia |
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