Simvastatin and Niacin, Antioxidant Vitamins, or the Combination for the Prevention of Coronary Disease

Brown, Bryan; Zhao, Xue-Qiao; Chait, Alan; D. Fisher, Lloyd; C. Cheung, Marian; S. Morse, Josh; Dowdy, Alice; K Marino, Emily; L. Bolson, Edward; Alaupovic, Petar; Fröhlich, Jiří; Serafini, Leny; Huss-Frechette, Ellen; Wang, Shari; DeAngelis, Debbie; Dodek, Arthur; J. Albers, John

doi:10.1056/nejmoa011090

Public

Simvastatin and Niacin, Antioxidant Vitamins, or the Combination for the Prevention of Coronary Disease

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Nov 29, 2001

Authors:

Bryan Brown

Xue-Qiao Zhao

Alan Chait

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Both lipid-modifying therapy and antioxidant vitamins are thought to have benefit in patients with coronary disease. We studied simvastatin-niacin and antioxidant-vitamin therapy, alone and together, for cardiovascular protection in patients with coronary disease and low plasma levels of...

Subject

Niacin

Simvastatin

Medicine

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!