Experiment 610694
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | CASTANO,G: CANETTI,M: MOREIRA,M: TULA,L: MAS,R: ILLNAIT,J: FERNANDEZ,L: FERNANDEZ,JC: DIAZ,E:. (1995). EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF POLICOSANOL IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH TYPE II HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA: A 12 MONTH STUDY.. 56(8) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A 12 MONTH MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF POLICOSANOL IN THE TREATMENT OF 62 ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH TYPE II HYEPRCHOLESTEROLEMIA, TWO MONTHS AFTER THERAPY, THE DRUG SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED TOTAL CHOLESTEROL AND LDL LEVELS. TWELVE MONTHS AFTER THERAPY LDL WAS DECREASED BY 23.1%, TOTAL CHOLESTEROL DECREASED BY 15.6%, LDL/HDL RATIO BY 25.2% AND TOTAL CHOLESTEROL HDL RATIO BY 19% HDL CHOLESTEROL INCREASED BY 8%. TRIGLYCERIDES WERE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED NO DRUG RELATED EFFECTS WERE OBSERVED. |
| Dose amount | 10.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |