EFFECT OF LONG-TERM TREATMENT WITH HYDROPHILIC COLLOID ON SERUM-LIPIDS

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  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 26  (2) , 148-153
Abstract
Patients (13) with essential hyperlipoproteinemia [in relation to atherosclerosis] were treated over periods of 2-29 mo. with a hydrophilic colloid derived from Psyllium. Reduction of the increased serum cholesterol levels averaged 16.9% and the corresponding figure for the increased triglyceride levels was 52.0%. The reduction of cholesterol and triglyceride was statistically significant (P < 0.0025 and P < 0.0005, respectively). No significant change in normal blood lipid levels was observed on administration of the Psyllium colloid.