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n. - Medication used to lower the levels of triglyceride in the blood.

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  • The possibilities include ezetimibe (Zetia), the fibrates (Tricor and Lopid) and the resins (WelChol, Questran, and others).
  • The new label warned that giving Baycol with Lopid, a Pfizer cholesterol drug, substantially increased the likelihood of potentially dangerous muscle side effects.
  • While Lopid tablets are used as cholesterol reducing agents and generic Aredia injections can treat hypercalcemia, Phenargan tablets are pain relievers, the company said.
  • According to an article that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the percentage of Baycol patients who had the side effect and also took Lopid...
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