policosanol-total-cholesterol

When both groups are subject to a diet catered to lower cholesterol, the addition of 10mg Policosanol is ineffective at further reducing cholesterol levels and markers of adiposity

Policosanol at 20mg daily for 8 weeks, after quality assessment for the supplement contents, was unable to benefit cholesterol and lipid levels in otherwise healthy persons with elevated cholesterol

Policosanol modified for better absorption failed to exert any benefit on lipid parameters when dosed at 20mg for 8 weeks, even when in combination with statins.

Otherwise healthy adults with slightly elevated cholesterol levels given 20mg policosanol for 8 weeks failed to show any benefit on lipid biomarkers.

After a 6 week introduction to a lipid lowering diet, policosanol at 5-10mg daily for 12 weeks was significantly better than placebo on all parameters of lipid metabolism measured.

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Policosanol at 20mg or 40mg daily for 6 months was effective in lowering cholesterol levels, but there was no significant difference between the two tested doses.

After 10 weeks usage of policosanol at 10mg, benefits to lipid metabolism were seen and increases in walking distance seen (even immediately after supplementation) in persons suffering from intermittent claudation.

After introduction to a cholesterol lowering diet (all groups), policosanol was given at either 5 or 10mg daily depending on circulating cholesterol levels for 1 year. Significant improvements were seen in lipid metabolism in persons with cholesterol problems and hypertension, and reports of adverse cardiac events were lower in the policosanol group

20mg of Policosanol for 12 weeks, in a double blind crossover manner (4 week washout) in dyslipidemic persons with HIV failed to show benefit of policosanol on lipoproteins.

Using authentic Cuban Cane sugar Policosanols, 21 persons had no reduction in blood lipid parameters after 10mg daily over a month

5-10mg of policosanol daily for 8 weeks in postmenopausal women with high cholesterol levels was able to confer benefit on all markers of lipid metabolism.

Policosanol at 20mg per day was ineffective at lowering plasma lipid markers over a period of 12 weeks when compared to baseline and to placebo in a population of persons with high cholesterol. It showed no further additions when paired with statins