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View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Clinical studies results show that policosanol (20 mg/day) + aspirin therapy had benefits versus placebo + aspirin to patients with recent non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke.
Aim: To analyze the policosanol treatment effects in the hypertensive patients included in two non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke recovery trials.
Patients And Methods: Hypertensive patients with a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score 2 to 4 were randomized, within 30 days of onset, to policosanol + aspirin or placebo + aspirin, for six months.