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Ezetimibe, sold under the brand name Zetia among others, is a medication used to treat high blood cholesterol and certain other lipid abnormalities. [3] [4] Generally it is used together with dietary changes and a statin. [5] Alone, it is less preferred than a statin. [4] It is taken by mouth. [4]
It is a combination of ezetimibe (known as Zetia in the United States) and the statin drug simvastatin (known as Zocor in the US). Ezetimibe reduces blood cholesterol by acting at the brush border of the small intestine and inhibiting the absorption of cholesterol, leading to a decrease in the delivery of intestinal cholesterol to the liver.
Ezetimibe/atorvastatin (trade names Liptruzet, Atozet) is a cholesterol lowering combination drug.In the United States, it was approved in May 2013, by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in patients with primary or mixed hyperlipidemia as adjunctive therapy to diet. [1]
Cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin together accounted for 10% of Merck's pharma sales last year. But while Zetia managed to recover from a sales plunge, the duo's end is still in sight. Big fall
Editor's Note: At 3:44, the speaker incorrectly stated that Zetia (ezetimibe) is an off-patent statin drug. Zetia is actually a cholesterol absorption inhibitor and its patent has not yet expired.
Bempedoic acid/ezetimibe, sold under the brand name Nexlizet among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication used for the treatment of high cholesterol. [1] [3] It is a combination of bempedoic acid and ezetimibe. [1] [2] The most common side effects are hyperuricemia (high blood levels of uric acid) and constipation. [2]