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Composition and treatment regimens of red yeast rice preparations |
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| Preparation |
Composition |
Dosage |
Administration |
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| Red yeast rice dietary supplement (Cholestin) capsules |
Extracts of fermented Monascus purpureus rice |
2.4 g/day (containing 5 mg lovastatin) |
0.6 g/cap 2 caps, twice daily |
| Xuezhikang capsule |
Extracts from fermented Monascus purpureus rice, Fructus Crataegi, Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae, Rhizoma Curcumae longae, Radix Rhizoma rhei, etc. |
1.2 g/day (containing 10 mg lovastatin) |
0.3 g/cap 2 caps, twice daily |
| Zhibituo tablet |
Extracts from fermented Monascus purpureus rice, Fructus Crataegi, Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae, Rhizoma Alismatis orientalis, etc. |
3.15 g/day (containing lovastatin 9 mg) |
0.35 g/tab 3 tabs, thrice daily |
Liu et al. Chinese Medicine 2006 1:4 doi:10.1186/1749-8546-1-4 |
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