PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING COMBINATION OF AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT LOWERING CHOLESTEROL LEVEL AND OF ACE INHIBITOR, SUITABLE FOR TREATING ARTERIOSCLEROSIS

摘要

A method is provided for slowing the progression of atherosclerosis in hypertensive or normotensive patients and reducing or eliminating atherosclerotic lesions in such patients by administering a combination of a cholesterol lowering drug such as pravastatin, and an ACE inhibitor, especially one containing a mercapto moiety, such as captopril or zofenopril.