title: Effect of chitosan on lipid levels when administered concurrently with atorvastatin--a placebo controlled study.
abstract: In a placebo controlled trialthe lipid lowering effects of chitosan, a unique dietary fibre, was assessed when given along with atorvastatin 10 mg in patients with chronic coronary heart disease. Altogether 100 patients were studied. They were randomly allocated in two groups of 50 patients each. Patients of group A received atorvastatin 10 mg before dinner plus 2 g/day chitosan in two divided doses. The groupB patients received atorvastatin 10 mg plus placebo. Patients were followed up for a period of 6 weeks. There was significant reduction in mean body weight in group A patients (3.14% versus 1,29% of body weight, p<0.05). There was also a significant rise in HDL cholesterol value (3.8% versus 1.07%, p=0.02) in group A patients. However, there was no significant reduction in the mean values of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride in the two groups, although group A patients showed marginally lower values.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical College, Kolkata.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guha
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Sharmila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guha
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000069059:Atorvastatin; D048271:Chitosan / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006538:Heptanoic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D006538:Heptanoic Acids; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D008055:Lipids; D011758:Pyrroles; D048271:Chitosan; D000069059:Atorvastatin