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Alternative Treatment With Red Yeast Rice To Reduce Hyperlipidemia, Lisa Froemke
Alternative Treatment With Red Yeast Rice To Reduce Hyperlipidemia, Lisa Froemke
Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters
• First line treatment of cardiovascular disease is lifestyle modification followed by the pharmacologic intervention of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors or statins
• Statins are commonly associated with intolerable side effects such as myalgia leading to medication non-compliance
• RYR preparations claim to inhibit cholesterol synthesis without causing myalgia
• RYR preparations have naturally occurring monacolins such as monacolin K which is chemically identical to lovastatin
• RYR is not regulated by the FDA leading to questionable manufacturing practices producing varying ingredient composition
• The purpose of this study is to investigate the role RYR in hyperlipidemia treatment compared to statins …