(Used to reduce cholesterol and/or triglyceride level)
Compiled by Pam Duff, RN, CSNC 2009
The following are common examples.
- Bile Acid Sequestrants cholestyramine [Questran and others], colestipol [Colestid]
- Fibrates clofibrate (Atromid-S), fenofibrate (Tricor), gemfibrozil [Lopid], and others
- Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) atorvastatin [Lipitor], pravastatin [Pravachol, Selektine], rosuvastatin [Crestor], simvastatin [Zocor], and others)
- Deplete: A, beta carotene, B3, B12, D, E, K, folic acid, calcium, copper, electrolytes, iron, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, zinc, EFAs, CoQ10
- Note: Statin drugs rapidly deplete CoQ10 (about 50% of the body’s total within two weeks.)
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