Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia with Nicotinic Acid
- 1 April 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 17 (4) , 497-504
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.17.4.497
Abstract
Nicotinic acid was administered orally to 33 patients with hypercholesterolemia in doses varying from 1.5 to 6.0 Gm. per day for periods of 3 months to 1½ years. Significant, sustained, and reproducible decreases in the concentration of cholesterol and total lipids in the plasma and of serum beta-lipoprotein cholesterol were observed in a majority of patients. This form of therapy appears to be effective, practical, and probably free from serious harmful effects.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Influence of nicotinic acid on serum cholesterol in manArchives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1955
- The estimation of serum lipoproteins. A micromethod based on zone electrophoresis and cholesterol estimationsBiochemical Journal, 1954