title: [Use of the lipolytic drug mevacor in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus].
abstract: Stable compensation of diabetes mellitus, including normolipidemia, underlies the therapy of diabetic angiopathies. Mevacor represents a nonactive lactone form of a certain hydroxy acid, a potent inhibitor of endogenous synthesis of cholesterol, conducive to blood cholesterol reduction. The aim of the present study was the assessment of the efficacy of this drug in therapy of patients with diabetes mellitus. Ten patients were administered mevacor in a dose of 20 mg for a month. Such therapy was conducive to a significant reduction of the levels of cholesterol, LNP cholesterol, triglycerides, and cholesterol/LVP ratio. It also promoted a reduction of the content of lipid peroxidation products in the blood, these products being an active factor of vessel destruction. The levels of hydroperoxides, blood serum and red cell malonic dialdehyde, and superoxide dismutase were also reduced. These results necessitate addition of mevacor to a complex of therapy for diabetes to normalize lipid metabolism.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Balabolkin
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Mamaeva
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Poliakova
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kniazeva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008148:Lovastatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D008148:Lovastatin
vernacular_title: Primenenie lipoliticheskogo preparata mevakor v terapii bol'nykh sakharnym diabetom.