title: Treatment of hyperlipidemia.
abstract: In the treatment of hyperlipidemia, when to begin and end therapy is important. In recent years, potent anti-hyperlipidemia drugs have been widely used, and the results of many intervention trials have shown that combinations of diet, exercise and drug therapies are effective for the primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. The present paper summarizes these trials; introduces the therapy guidelines for adult hyperlipidemia established by Japan Atherosclerosis Society in 1997; and discusses the drugs for hyperlipidemia.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, the University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Fukuoka.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004035:Diet Therapy; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000628:therapy*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
chemical_list: D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents