Drug interactions and side effects of hypolipidemic drugs.
The side effects and drug interactions of clofibrate, cholestyramine and nicotinic acid are reviewed because these hypolipidemic drugs are given for preventive and only rarely curative reasons and because these drugs have been given for many years and often concomitantly with other drugs.
D001777:Blood Coagulation; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000378:metabolism; D002792:Cholestyramine Resin / Q000009:adverse effects; D002994:Clofibrate / Q000009:adverse effects; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D009539:Nicotinic Acids / Q000009:adverse effects
D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D009539:Nicotinic Acids; D002792:Cholestyramine Resin; D002994:Clofibrate; D005947:Glucose