Effectiveness of fixed-dose ezetimibe+simvastatin in real-life hypercholesterolaemia treatment: a retrospective observational study in Taiwan

Background: Combining statins with ezetimibe synergistically enhances lipid lowering, thereby reducing the need to prescribe maximal statin doses to achieve low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goals. Real-world data on concurrent ezetimibe + statin therapy in Asians are sparse. Therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness of a single combined tablet of ezetimibe + simvastatin 10.0 + 20.0 mg (EZE + SIM) in Taiwanese patients with...