title: [Treatment of severe primary hypercholesterolemia with lovastatin (Mevacor). A new therapeutic principle].
abstract: An open clinical trial comprising 59 outpatients with severe hypercholesterolemia (including 35 patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia) and considerable predisposition to ischaemic cardiac disease revealed a dosage-related pronounced effect of lovastatin on serum cholesterol and subfractions of this. After dietary regulation for a period of four months, a decrease in serum cholesterol of 11.7% was observed and after further treatment for six months with lovastatin with an average dose of 59 mg per 24 hours, the serum cholesterol decreased with a total of 45% of original value. Low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol decreased 44% and high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol increased by over 21%. Serum triglyceride fell by 20%. The serum-cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio was reduced from 8.8 to 4.9. Only slight and transient subjective side-effects were observed and none of the patients dropped out of the trial for this reason. One patient with recognized ischaemic heart disease died from myocardial infarction. A tendency towards increasing liver parameters and creatin kinase was observed in the group as a whole but was not significant.
authors.affiliation: Københavns Amts Sygehus i Glostrup, lipidambulatoriet, medicinsk afdeling C.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leth
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dollerup
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008148:Lovastatin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D008148:Lovastatin
vernacular_title: Behandling af svaer primaer hyperkolesterolaemi med lovastatin (Mevacor). Et nyt behandlingsprincip.