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2730796

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
We evaluated the changes in frequency of pharmacologic treatment of hyperlipidemia in 345 hyperlipidemic patients with symptomatic cardiovascular disease requiring cardiac catheterization between 1982 and 1987. The frequency of pharmacologic treatment increased from 13% (1982) to 59% (1987), with the major increase occurring in 1984. Increases in the frequency of treatment were paralleled by increases in prescriptions for lipid-lowering drugs nationwide. During this period the percentage of hyperlipidemic patients we evaluated who were treated with various agents changed, and at the end of the study the use of gemfibrozil, bile acid-binding resins, and nicotinic acid had increased, whereas clofibrate and probucol use decreased. Although the data showed an increase in prevalence of treatment, almost half the patients remained untreated, and of those treated over half remained hypercholesterolemic despite treatment. The results suggest increasing but incomplete physician awareness of hyperlipidemia as a cardiovascular disease risk factor and the need for further physician education in the pharmacologic management of hyperlipidemia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0749-3797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
90-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Changes in pharmacologic treatment of hyperlipidemia.
pubmed:affiliation
department of Medicine, Wake Forest University Medical Center, North Carolina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.