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[Beta-sitosterin in unsuccessfully pretreated patients with hypercholesteremia. Simultaneously, a contribution to
Medizinische Klinik
|April 30, 1976
Abstract:
To 9 patients with hyperlipoproteinemia type II and treated with different hypolipidemic drugs without success, sitosterol was given for a period of 4 to 16 months. The effective dose was 10.56 to 21.12g beta-sitosterol corresponding to 12 to 24g granulate. One patient developed a serious diarrhoe and dropped out. 4 patients showed an impressive decrease of serum cholesterol levels.