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ANTILIPEMIC DRUGS (CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION INHIBITORY (Side Effects…

- - - - Constipation
      - Upper respiratory tract infection
      - Abdominal pain or cramp
      - Diarrhea, nausea and vomiting
      - Headache
      - Severe myopathy and rhabdomyolysis
      - Lens opacities
    - - Perform liver function test in first year of treatment
      - Renal tests for patients with impaired renal function
      - Assess cholesterol at six weeks
      - Eye test before treatment, after one month then annually
      - Carry out lipid profile
    - - Store at room temperature
      - Store in the original packaging
      - Keep away from direct sunlight
      - Keep away from children
    - - Hypercholesterolemia
      - To slow progress of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with coronary heart disease
      - Prevention of coronary events
    - - It interferes with cholesterol biosynthesis
      - By inhibiting the conversion of the enzyme HMG-CoA to mevalonate
      - Thus decreasing cholesterol concentration in the blood
    - - Administer in the evening
      - without regard to meals
      - Tablets taken orally
- - - - Nausea and vomiting
      - Loss of appetite
      - Liver problem
      - Abdominal pain
      - Yellow discolouration of the eyes and skin
      - Gallstones
      - Dark urine
    - - Store at 25 degrees Celsius
      - Protect from moisture
      - Keep out of the children's reach
    - - To maintain the return for routine monitoring
      - when taking other cholesterol lowering drugs
      - Careful monitoring when also taking anticoagulants
      - It must be taken an hour before or after 4-6 hours
    - - Administered orally
      - With a meal
      - Tablets must be taken as a whole
    - - Hypercholesterolemia
    - - It increases the natural enzyme that breaks down fats in the blood
    - - Pre-existing gallbladder disease
      - Nursing mothers
      - Primary biliary cirrhosis
      - Known hypersensitivity to fenofibric acid
      - Renal impairment
- - - - Flushing
      - Peptic ulcer disease
      - Hepatotoxicity
      - Hyperglycemia
      - Arrhythmia
      - Retinal edema leading to blurred vision
    - - Monitor liver function test
      - Diet must contain of fresh vegetables mostly
      - And also protein such as an egg as it has vitamin b3
    - - Active hepatic disease
      - Unexplained elevated LFT
      - Arterial bleeding
      - Peptic ulcer disease
    - - Mixed dyslipidemia
      - Reduction of recurrent nonfatal myocardial infarction
      - Hypertriglyceridemia
      - Primary hyperlipidemia
      - Pellagra
    - - Keep it within the original packaging
      - Away from direct sunlight
      - Store in a cool dry place
      - Keep out of reach of children
    - - Modestly lowers bad LDL cholesterol
      - Boosts levels of good HDL cholesterol
    - - Taken orally
      - Preferably must be taken with food