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.