In fact, patients taking the nutraceutical composed added to simvastatin
showed a reduction of both total cholesterol and LDL-c, of triglycerides
and an increase of HDL-c, without side effects.
Considering that side effects typical of statins are dose-dependent,
our aim was to demonstrate the efficacy of an alternative therapeutical
approach for patients at high cardiovascular risk, without side effects.
This may also help improving patient compliance.
The results obtained in the group of the combination therapy are
comparable to those obtained with simvastatin at the highest dose
(40 mg), thus suggesting an additive effect of the nutraceutical with
lower doses of simvastatin.
In addition, the beneficial effects of the combination therapy described
in this studywere obtained in the absence of side effects typical