Method for enhancing the lowering of plasma cholesterol levels

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4997658
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07274173

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The instant invention is directed to a method for enhancing the lowering of plasma cholesterol level in a subject in need thereof which comprises the time-controlled administration of a nontoxic therapeutically effective amount of an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor to said subject which surprisingly affords an equivalent or improved reduction of plasma cholesterol levels while significantly reducing the amount of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor circulating in the bloodstream of the subject as compared to the same parameters when the oral administration of a conventional rapid release dosage form is utilized.

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MERCK & CO INC126 EAST LINCOLN AVENUE RAHWAY NEW JERSEY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Alberts, Alfred W Princeton, NJ 7 476
Repta, Arnold J Lawrence, KS 10 195
Scolnick, Edward M Wyneewood, PA 14 252

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