title: Effects of short-term treatment with coenzyme A or sulodexide on plasma lipids in patients with hypertriglyceridemia (type IV) or mixed hyperlipemia (type IIb).
abstract: Twenty-seven inpatients suffering from type II and IV dyslipidemia, randomly divided into two groups of 14 and 13 subjects, were treated with coenzyme A (2,000 Lipmann U daily) and sulodexide (300 Lipasemic U daily), respectively, in both cases administered intravenously for 20 days. The principial plasma lipid parameters (total and HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol in subjects with triglyceridemia less than 400 mg/dl, triglycerides, apoproteins and lipoproteins) were recorded before and after treatment. Tests on patients included an assessment, on a semiquantitative scale, of symptoms arising from modifications of blood flow to the various organs. Statistical analysis of data demonstrated that coenzyme A has a significant cholesterol-lowering action (with an increase in HDL-cholesterol) and a more pronounced hypotriglyceridemic effect in both types of dyslipidemia considered, results on both variables proving more satisfactory than with the control drug.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003065:Coenzyme A / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006953:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006954:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type V / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D013997:Time Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; C007858:glucuronyl glucosamine glycan sulfate; D003065:Coenzyme A