Effect of pravastatin in treatment of hypercholesterolemia in non-insulin-dependent diabetes patients.

ABSTRACT

To evaluate the efficacy of pravastatin in treatment of hypercholesterolemia in non-insulin-dependent diabetes patients, a 6-month trial of once daily 10 mg-pravastatin was studied in 30 patients with fairly, well controlled non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. For 27 patients who completed the study, serum total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were significantly lower 16.7 +/- 2.3 and 20.2 +/- 3.3% from 286.7 +/- 5.9 and 198.6 +/- 7.2 mg/dl at before to 232.6 +/- 7.9 and 147.8 +/- 6.4 mg/dl at 4th week and 237.8 +/- 6.4 and 155.0 +/- 5.8 mg/dl at 24th week after treatment with pravastatin, respectively (P < 0.00001). Serum triglyceride level was decreased from 194.7 +/- 16.8 mg/dl to 175.0 +/- 16.8 mg/dl at 4th week and 176.6 +/- 14.1 mg/dl at 24th week and serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level was slightly increased from 45.4 +/- 2.8 mg/dl to 48.2 +/- 2.5 mg/dl at 4th week and 47.5 +/- 2.6 mg/dl at 24th week of pravastatin treatment, respectively (P > 0.05). There was no serious adverse effect except acute hepatitis in one patient who recovered spontaneously after drug withdrawal. Once daily 10 mg-pravastatin in effective in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.