Am J Cardiol

Effects of crystalline nicotinic acid-induced hepatic dysfunction on serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and lecithin cholesteryl acyl transferase.

Year 1998
Tato F. Vega GL. Grundy SM.
Department of Clinical Nutrition of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and The Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Dallas, 75235-9052, USA.
Marked lowering of plasma total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels that occur during treatment of dyslipidemia with pharmacologic doses of nicotinic acid result from hepatotoxicity. Therefore, a marked reduction in low-density lipoprotein may suggest generalized liver toxicity and drug treatment should be discontinued.