Thiazides and hyperlipidaemia
Thiazide diuretics raise very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL)
- mechanisms not yet identified
- effect is generally small - however this effect may be more substantial in diabetes mellitus
- no alteration of high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels
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