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A comparison of pravastatin and gemfibrozil in the treatment of dyslipoproteinemia in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Atherosclerosis - 1 May 2002
Schweitzer Morris, Tessier Daniel, Vlahos William D, Leiter Lawrence, Collet Jean Paul, McQueen Matthew J, Harvey Laurent, Alaupovic Petar
Abstract excerpt
The effects of pravastatin (pravachol) compared with gemfibrozil on cholesterol-rich and trigylceride-rich lipoproteins were evaluated in this multi-centered trial. Following an 8-12 week prerandomization phase, 136 patients with NIDDM and hypercholesterolemia were randomized to receive either pravastatin 40 mg or gemfibrozil 1200 mg daily for 16 weeks. The reduction of total cholesterol (TC), betaquant LDL and...
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