PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Neal, Ryan C. AU - Jones, Peter H. TI - Lipid-lowering: Can ezetimibe help close the treatment gap? DP - 2003 Sep 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 777--783 VI - 70 IP - 9 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/9/777.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/9/777.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Sep 01; 70 AB - Most patients who should be on lipid-lowering therapy are not receiving it, and most patients who are receiving it are not reaching their appropriate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) goals. This is in part because physicians and patients fear side effects of statins and other lipid-lowering agents. Ezetimibe (Zetia), a new lipid-lowering drug, may help physicians close this “treatment gap” in more patients, especially in combination with a statin.