Effects of raloxifene on lipid and lipoprotein levels in postmenopausal osteoporotic women with and without hypertriglyceridemia.

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Dayspring T, Qu Y, Keech C

Effects of raloxifene on lipid and lipoprotein levels in postmenopausal osteoporotic women with and without hypertriglyceridemia.

Metabolism. 2006 Jul;55(7):972-9.

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This post hoc analysis reports the effects of raloxifene on lipids and lipoproteins in 2659 women with either normal (< or =150 mg/dL) or high (>150 mg/dL) triglyceride levels from a substudy of the Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation (MORE) trial. In both triglyceride subgroups, raloxifene significantly improved low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), apolipoprotein B, apolipoprotein A-I, and fibrinogen compared with placebo (P < .05). After raloxifene treatment, women with high triglycerides experienced an equal or more robust reduction in cholesterol, lipoprotein parameters, and ratios of total cholesterol to HDL-C and non-HDL-C to HDL-C than was observed in women with normal triglycerides (P < .05). Mean levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein B were reduced by 16.5% and 15.8%, respectively, in women with high triglycerides, and by 12.7% and 11.3%, respectively, in women with normal triglycerides. These findings further substantiate that raloxifene improves concentrations of both cholesterol and beta-lipoprotein. The subgroup of women with high triglycerides, who have elevated cardiovascular risk, appear to derive at least equal, if not greater, overall effect on lipid and lipoprotein lowering with raloxifene.

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Pharmaco-metabolomics

Drug	Drug Groups	Metabolite	Change	Description
Raloxifene	Approved Investigational	Non-HDL cholesterol	decreased	Raloxifene decreases the level of Non-HDL cholesterol in the blood
Raloxifene	Approved Investigational	Total cholesterol	decreased	Raloxifene decreases the level of Total cholesterol in the blood
Raloxifene	Approved Investigational	LDL cholesterol	decreased	Raloxifene decreases the level of LDL cholesterol in the blood