| How Effective are Cholesterol Lowering Drugs? WESTPORT, Feb 28, 2000 (Reuters Health) - Fewer than 40% of patients on lipid-lowering therapy achieve the LDL-cholesterol targets established by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) in 1988, according to a report in the February 28th issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. Drug therapy was more successful than nondrug therapy in achieving target levels, the authors observe, but the difference was far less than ideal: 39% for drug therapy versus 34% for nondrug therapy. . |
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