Korean Circ J.  1991 Jun;21(3):567-572. 10.4070/kcj.1991.21.3.567.

The Effect of Lovastatin(Mevacor(R)) on Serum Lipids of Patients with Hypercholesterolemia

• Lee WK
• Yoon J
• Jang YS
• Cho SY
• Shim WH
• Kim SS
• Chung N

• KMID: 2229142
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1991.21.3.567

Abstract

We evaluated the hypolipidemic effect and adverse reaction of Lovastatin, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor 20 to 40mg once-daily in the evening, in 20 patients with primary hypercholesterolemia for 12 weeks and the following results were obtained. 1) Lovastatin significantly reduced the total cholesterol(from 264.8+/-12.9mg/dl to 195.3+/-31.3mg/dl) by 26.3%, TG(from 191.1+/-41.5mg/dl to 156.2+/-52.9mg/dl) by 18.3%, LDL-C(from 177.0+/-12.4mg/dl to 121.3+/-19.6mg/dl) by 31.5% and increased th HDL-C (from 39.8+/-4.2mg/dl to 41.6+/-5.0mg/dl) by 4.5% at the end of 12th week. 2) The adverse reaction during the period of study were limited to diarrhea and nausea in one patient, dryness of skin and itching in one patient, and no patients was withdrawn form therapy. In this study, Lovastatin was well toterated and effective agent for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia without serious side effects.

Keyword

Lovastatin; Hypertcholesterolemia

MeSH Terms

Diarrhea
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia*
Lovastatin
Nausea
Oxidoreductases
Pruritus
Skin
Lovastatin
Oxidoreductases