Doctors are failing to lower heart patients' cholesterol adequately
A thyroid-hormone-like substance that works specifically on the liver reduces blood cholesterol with no serious side effects. This according to a clinical trial conducted by researchers from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet, amongst other centres, published today in the top-ranking scientific periodical The New England Journal of Medicine.
"This drug could help patients who react adversely to statins or be used as a supplementary treatment for those who don't respond well to them," says Professor Bo Angelin, who led the study.
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Wed 10 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Wed 10 Mar 10 from Reuters
Drug cuts cholesterol without side effects
MANHASSETT, N.Y., March 10 (UPI) -- U.S. and Swedish scientists have found an experimental thyroid drug reduces cholesterol without side effects suffered by some people using statins.
Wed 10 Mar 10 from UPI
Alternative to Statins Shows Promise
A thyroid-derived cholesterol-lowering drug that could be an alternative to the widely used statin medications has done well in a small, early trial, Swedish and American researchers report.
Thu 11 Mar 10 from Health News
Experimental Drug Mimics Thyroid Hormone And Safely Lowers 'Bad' Cholesterol
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Thu 11 Mar 10 from RedOrbit
New Cholesterol Drug Could be Statin Alternative
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Experimental drug that mimics thryoid hormone safely lowers 'bad' cholesterol
People whose "bad" cholesterol and risk of future heart disease stay too high despite cholesterol-lowering statin therapy can safely lower it by adding a drug that mimics the action of thyroid ...
Wed 10 Mar 10 from ScienceDaily
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