Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or bad cholesterol levels should be below 100, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) should measure 35 or above.
Alcohol, including beer, in moderation raises high-density lipoprotein or HDL, known as good cholesterol, says Dr. R.
Nothing on the market today increases "good cholesterol, " or high-density lipoprotein (HDL), as much as torcetrapib did in early clinical trials.
The drug is designed to boost high-density lipoprotein (HDL), nicknamed "good cholesterol" because it appears to actually clear plaque from the arteries and reduce the risk of heart attack.
For the company's finances, the most important new drug is torcetrapib, a new medicine designed to raise high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the "good cholesterol, " which is thought to help clear plaque from the arteries.
But other companies are filing in behind, including Merck, Roche , Novartis and Kos Pharmaceuticals, the small firm whose niacin preparations are the only marketed drugs to raise 'good cholesterol, ' also known as high-density lipoprotein (HDL).
It also lowered the so-called good cholesterol, or high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and it did not enter the cell, a characteristic Medford wanted hisdrug to have, because some of the oxidation process takes place within cellular membranes.
In the study where it helped patients lose weight, the drug also raised good cholesterol, or high-density lipoprotein (HDL), by 23%, almost as much as Niaspan, the sustained-release niacin drug made by Kos Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: KOSP - news - people ) that is the main currently available treatment for raising HDL. Rimonabont also cut triglycerides, another risk factor for heart disease, by 16%.
But other companies are filing in behind, including Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ), Roche , Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ) and Kos Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: KOSP - news - people ), the small firm whose niacin preparations are the only marketed drugs to raise 'good cholesterol, ' also known as high-density lipoprotein (HDL).
In 19 patients with low levels of HDL (high-density lipoprotein), the Pfizer combo raised HDL counts by 61%, with few side effects.
The addition of Kynamro helps to reduce low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), apolipoprotein B, total cholesterol, and non-high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (non HDL-C).
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KYNAMRO, given as a 200 mg weekly subcutaneous injection, has been approved as an adjunct to lipid-lowering medications and diet to reduce low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), apolipoprotein B (Apo B), total cholesterol (TC), and non-high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (non HDL-C) in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH).
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High-density lipoprotein, better known as HDL or "good cholesterol, " has become a medical mainstay.
Researchers speculating about what went wrong thought perhaps torcetrapib made HDL that didn't work, or that HDL itself (short for high-density lipoprotein, and often called "good cholesterol") was less powerful than they thought.
Big studies have shown that low HDL levels may be as important as high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in causing heart attacks.
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