EFFECT OF LOVASTATIN ADMINISTERED EVERY OTHER DAY ON SERUM LOW-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL GREATER-THAN-160 MG DL/

Authors
RINDONE JP ACHACOSO R BLEDSOE R
Citation
Jp. Rindone et al., EFFECT OF LOVASTATIN ADMINISTERED EVERY OTHER DAY ON SERUM LOW-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL GREATER-THAN-160 MG DL/, The American journal of cardiology, 76(4), 1995, pp. 312-313
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
76
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
312 - 313
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1995)76:4<312:EOLAEO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We undertook a pilot study examining the efficacy of lovastatin 20 mg every other day in patients with hypercholesterolemia, and found lovas tatin to be effective in lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels in patients with serum LDL >160 mg/dl.