Comments on: Niacin: Cheaper And Maybe More Effective Than Zetia According To Latest Study http://ctwatchdog.com/2009/11/17/niacin-cheaper-and-maybe-more-effective-than-zetia-according-to-latest-study Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:23:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Thomas Quigley http://ctwatchdog.com/2009/11/17/niacin-cheaper-and-maybe-more-effective-than-zetia-according-to-latest-study/comment-page-1#comment-3308 Thomas Quigley Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:22 +0000 http://ctwatchdog.com/?p=3234#comment-3308 Re: Zetia Study The article in "The New England Journal of Medicine" and the two editorials on the same subject are well worth reading (even though they are quite technical). To me, the most significant finding was that Zetia lowered HDL (the 'good' cholesterol) which might explain why patients in the study who took Zetia experienced an increase in thickening of the carotid artery wall. Re: Zetia Study

The article in “The New England Journal of Medicine” and the two editorials on the same subject are well worth reading (even though they are quite technical). To me, the most significant finding was that Zetia lowered HDL (the ‘good’ cholesterol) which might explain why patients in the study who took Zetia experienced an increase in thickening of the carotid artery wall.

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