This was the issue in last winter's congressional investigation into the nonstatin cholesterol - lowering
drug ezetimibe, sold as Zetia and contained in Vytorin.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Adding a pharmaceutical form of the B vitamin niacin — but not
the drug ezetimibe — to a cholesterol - lowering statin drug appears to reduce artery plaque buildup in patients with coronary artery disease, according to much - anticipated results announced at a press conference November 15.
The gene, called NPC1L1, is of interest because it is the target of
the drug ezetimibe, often prescribed to lower cholesterol.
Not exact matches
Among medications that lower cholesterol,
ezetimibe is not in the widely prescribed class of
drugs called statins, which stop the body from manufacturing its own cholesterol.
The typical addition to impact this is
ezetimibe (a prescription
drug) or other absorption blockers, such as the Questran.
Fluvastatin = Lescol, Lescol XL Lovastatin = Mevacor, Altocor Mevastatin Pitavastatin = Livalo, Pitava Pravastatin = Pravachol, Selektine Rosuvastatin = Crestor Simvastatin = Zocor, Lipex Simvastatin +
Ezetimibe = Vytorin Lovastatin + Niacin extended - release = Advicor Atorvastatin + Amlodipine Besylate = Caduet How Do Statin
Drugs Work?
Inegy combines the widely - used statin
drug simvastatin with a new medication called
ezetimibe.