Response to Therapy

This trial examined the response of skin cholesterol to cholesterol-lowering medications.

The results showed that skin cholesterol responded to cholesterol-lowering therapy (statin drugs). Patients taking statins showed parallel changes in skin cholesterol and serum cholesterol (LDL), and in individuals whose LDL rose (most likely because they stopped taking their medication) skin cholesterol levels also increased.

View Abstract - Use of Skin Cholesterol to Monitor Response to
                     Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy