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Editorial Comment
Ezetimibe/simvastatin single tablet versus rosuvastatin in patients with hypercholesterolemia.
- Stella S Daskalopoulou and Dimitri P Mikhailidis.
- Curr Med Res Opin. 2006 Oct 1;22(10):2037-9.
AbstractRecent guidelines recommend strict goals for low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (70-100 mg/dL; 1.8-2.6 mmol/L). These goals were set following the publication of several trials. In the current issue of the journal, a study compares different doses of the combination tablet (ezetimibe/simvastatin) with statin monotherapy (rosuvastatin). In keeping with previous literature, the combination therapy was more effective in achieving LDL-C goals. This editorial comments on the potential disadvantages of using monotherapy with high-dose statins and considers the issue of statin-induced proteinuria. Combination therapy may need to be increasingly used to achieve the LDL-C targets set by recent guidelines.
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