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| WHERE IS EZETIMIBE ABOSRBED AND EXCRETED AT? |
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| IN THE GI TRACT AND EXCRETED MOSTLY UNCHANGED IN THE FECES |
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| BINDS TO CHOLESTEROL TO DECREASE ABSORPTION. INHIBITS THE ABSORPTION OF BILIARY AND DIETARY CHOLESTEROL IN THE SMALL INTESTINE. |
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| A COMBINATION OF EZETIMIBE AND SIMVASTATIN FORM WHAT DRUG? |
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| WHAT ARE 2 SIDE EFFECTS OF EZETIMIBE? |
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| HOW DOES OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS WORK? |
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| DECREASE TRIGLYCERIDES BY NUCLEAR TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION, SIMILAR TO FIBRATES. |
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| BIND TO AND ACTIVATE PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR A (PPARA). CHANGES LIPID METABOLISM TO DECREASE PLASMA TRIGLYCERIDS LEVELS AND INCREASE HDL LEVELS. |
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| WHAT ENZYME DOES FIBRATES INCREASE? |
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| LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE, WHICH CATALYZES AND HYDROLYZES THE REMOVAL OF TRIGLYCERIDES FROM VLDL. |
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| DOES FIBRATES HAVE AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECT? |
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| YES, IT REDUCES THE RISK OF PLAQUE RUPTURE (LIKE STATINS). |
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| WHERE IS FIBRATES EXCRETED AT? |
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| WHAT ARE 3 SIDE EFFECTS OF FIBRATES? |
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| GI UPSET, MYOPATHY, AND IT MAY ELEVATE LFTS |
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| WHAT DRUG INTERACTIONS CAN FIBRATES CAUSE? |
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| MAY DISPLACE WARFARIN FROM ALBUMIN |
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| GEMFIBROZIL (LOPID) AND FENOFIBRATE (TRICOR) |
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| WHAT IS NIACIN ALSO KNOWN AS? |
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| NICOTINIC ACID OR VITAMIN B3 |
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| LOWERS LDL AND TRIGLYCERIDE LEVLES AND INCREASE HDL LEVELS. INHIBITS THE FORMATION OF HEPATIC VLDL AND LIPOLYSIS. |
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| WHERE IS NIACIN ABOSRBED AT? |
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| WHAT IS NIACIN METABOLIZED AND EXCRETED AT? |
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| WHAT 2 MEDIATIONS WILL DECREASE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF NIACIN? |
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| WHAT ARE 7 SIDE EFFECTS OF NIACIN? |
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| FLUSHING, PRUITIS, ELEVATED LFTS OR HEPATITIS, GI UPSET, PUD, DECREASES INSULIN SENSITIVITY, AND POTENTIATE STAIN-INDUCED MYALGIAS. |
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