The drugs were administered during a 5-week period, ending when the animals were anesthetized by using the abovedescribed technique, and new blood samples were collected for post-dose drug lipid profile analysis. The animals were euthanized with a lethal dose of an anesthetic (150 mg.kg-1 pentobarbital. The right external iliac artery, which received balloon injury due to the surgical procedure, was collected transabdominally.