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Stress responses after treatment of hypercholesterolaemia with simvastatin.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12959299     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In order to determine whether treatment of hyperlipidaemia with simvastatin impairs exercise stress responses and so may contribute to an excess of suicides and violent deaths, the effects of simvastatin 20 mg daily and placebo on exercise physiology were compared in 19 patients. After 6 weeks of treatment there was no evidence of reduced exercise capacity, or of reduced cortisol or catecholamine responses. It is concluded that treatment of hyperlipidaemia with an inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase does not significantly modify stress responses, and so the explanation for a possible increase in non-cardiac mortality must be sought elsewhere.
Authors:
A M Nugent; D Neely; I Young; I McDowell; M O'Kane; N Bell; C F Stanford; D P Nicholls
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  British journal of clinical pharmacology     Volume:  36     ISSN:  0306-5251     ISO Abbreviation:  Br J Clin Pharmacol     Publication Date:  1993 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-09-08     Completed Date:  2003-09-17     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503323     Medline TA:  Br J Clin Pharmacol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  474-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / metabolism
Adult
Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use*
Blood Pressure / drug effects
Exercise / physiology*
Exercise Test
Female
Heart Rate / drug effects
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia / drug therapy*
Male
Middle Aged
Simvastatin / therapeutic use*
Stress, Physiological / etiology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anticholesteremic Agents; 79902-63-9/Simvastatin; 9002-60-2/Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
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