Lipid-lowering: Can ezetimibe help close the treatment gap?

Ryan C. Neal; Peter H. Jones

doi:10.3949/ccjm.70.9.777

Lipid-lowering: Can ezetimibe help close the treatment gap?

Ryan C. Neal, Peter H. Jones

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Abstract

Most patients who should be on lipid-lowering therapy are not receiving it, and most patients who are receiving it are not reaching their appropriate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) goals. This is in part because physicians and patients fear side effects of statins and other lipid-lowering agents. Ezetimibe (Zetia), a new lipid-lowering drug, may help physicians close this "treatment gap" in more patients, especially in combination with a statin.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	777-783
Number of pages	7
Journal	Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
Volume	70
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.70.9.777
State	Published - Sep 1 2003

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