Lipid-lowering agents, also sometimes referred to as hypolipidemic agents, cholesterol-lowering drugs, or antihyperlipidemic agents are a diverse group...

factor for cardiovascular disease, abnormal levels do not mean that lipid lowering agents need to be started. Other factors, such as comorbid conditions and...

other brand names) is a fibrate drug used as a lipid-lowering agent to treat hyperlipidaemia. It helps to lower LDL cholesterol and triglyceride in the blood...

contributed to 3.8 million deaths in 2021. Hypercholesterolemia Lipid-lowering agent Fatty acid ratio in food Ahrens EH Jr (July 1976). "The management...

Ciprofibrate is a fibrate that was developed as a lipid-lowering agent. It was patented in 1972 and approved for medical use in 1985. Fischer J, Ganellin...

Probucol, sold under the trade name Lorelco among others, is an lipid-lowering agent initially developed for the treatment of coronary artery disease....

CYP3A5*3 genetic polymorphisms). When more than 20 mg of simvastatin, a lipid-lowering agent, are given with amlodipine, the risk of myopathy increases. The FDA...

Clofibrate (trade name Atromid-S) is a lipid-lowering agent used for controlling the high cholesterol and triacylglyceride level in the blood. It belongs...

Terlou RJ, Yu H, Koks CH, Gerdes VE (2015). "Traditional Chinese lipid-lowering agent red yeast rice results in significant LDL reduction but safety is...

Juxtapid in the US and Lojuxta in the EU, is a medication used as a lipid-lowering agent for the treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia, developed by...

normally treated with statins, bile acid sequestrants, or other lipid-lowering agents that lower cholesterol levels. New cases are generally offered genetic...

(trade name Olbetam in Europe) is a niacin derivative used as a lipid-lowering agent. It reduces triglyceride levels and increases HDL cholesterol. It...

enter the body from the intestinal lumen. In China, it is used as a lipid-lowering agent and it has efficacy similar to ezetimibe. Ruan Z, Jiang B, Chen J...

metoprolol as alternatives. Atenolol should not be used as a first-line agent in uncomplicated hypertension in patients > 60 years. Alternatives are 4th...

Policosanol: Clinical pharmacology and therapeutic significance of a new lipid-lowering agent. In: American Heart Journal, 2002, S. 356-365. – ISSN 0002-8703 (advisory)...

3-propanediol and two molecules of clofibric acid which is the true lipid-lowering agent. Verma N (2016). "Introduction to Hyperlipidemia and its Treatment:...

tolerated and is effective at lowering the blood cholesterol. As of 2010, they were marketed as lipid-lowering agents in the Caribbean, Central and South...

who have average or lower-than-average cholesterol concentrations, in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial—Lipid Lowering Arm (ASCOT-LLA): a multicentre...

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discovered by Parke-Davis (later Pfizer) and developed as a possible lipid-lowering agent and treatment for atherosclerosis. The first description of avasimibe...

Lipids are a broad group of organic compounds which include fats, waxes, sterols, fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamins A, D, E and K), monoglycerides...

never-marketed antiestrogen ethamoxytriphetol (MER-25): 7  and the withdrawn lipid-lowering agent triparanol, as both contain the 1,1,2-triphenylethanol moiety within...

Albendazol-sulfoxide Anthelmintic agent Sheep/Cattle In vitro Virkel, Lifschitz, Pis, & Lanusee, 2002 Lifibrol Lipid lowering  agent Dog In vitro Walter, & Hsu...

Lipoid pneumonia, also known as lipid pneumonia, is a rare form of lung inflammation (pneumonia) that develops when lipids (fats) enter the bronchial tree...

Efaproxiral (INN) is an analogue of bezafibrate [a lipid-lowering agent], developed for the treatment of depression, traumatic brain injury, ischemia,...

The lipid bilayer (or phospholipid bilayer) is a thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules. These membranes form a continuous barrier around...

hypercholesterolemia), diet is often not sufficient to achieve the desired lowering of LDL, and lipid-lowering medications are usually required. If necessary, other treatments...

head. External factors that can cause these emboli can include alcohol, lipid circulation, high doses of glucocorticoids, and new increases in bone marrow...

via the mechanisms described by the lipid hypothesis. As lipid-lowering medications, statins are effective in lowering LDL cholesterol; they are widely used...

Adams SP, Sekhon SS, Wright JM (November 2014). "Rosuvastatin for lowering lipids". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2014 (11): CD010254...