Effects of extended release niacin/laropiprant in 25,673 high-risk individuals receiving statin-based therapy: the HPS2-THRIVE randomized placebo-controlled trial
<p>Background: Patients with evidence of vascular disease are at increased risk for subsequent vascular events despite effective use of statins to lower the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level. Niacin lowers the LDL cholesterol level and raises the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) ch...
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Massachusetts Medical Society
2014
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