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Hypertension
Drug Rapidly Improves Blood Vessel Dilation and Flow in Hypercholesterolemic Patients
March 31st, 2000
A study presented at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting showed that cholesterol lowering agent cerivastatin (Baycoltm), has effects on risk factors other than raised cholesterol, such as endothelial dysfunction. The findings showed that cerivastatin changed endothelial function after only two weeks. "Although statin drugs can lower blood cholesterol levels, researchers have recently come to suspect they have additional activity," said lead investigator, Dr. Roland Schmieder, University of Erlangen, Germany. "This is the first study to demonstrate an effect on endothelial function in such a short time period." Schmieder...
Source: Drug Week (2000-03-31)
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