ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT AND CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION INHIBITOR COMBINATION THERAPY

摘要

The invention includes methods for treating atherosclerosis and preventing atherosclerotic disease events in a hypertensive patient comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of at least one antihypertensive compound in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of a cholesterol absorption inhibitor. The invention also includes a composition comprising at least one antihypertensi ve compound and a cholesterol absorption inhibitor in therapeutically effective amounts, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.