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- High cholesterol is also referred to as hypercholesterolemia (hyper=high + cholesterol + emia = in the blood) or hyperlipidemia
- Cholesterol is a fatty substance that is an important part of the outer lining of cells in the body of animals.
- Cholesterol is also found in the blood circulation of humans.
- Cholesterol in the blood originates from dietary intake and liver production.
- Dietary cholesterol comes primarily from animal sources including meat, poultry, fish, and dairy products.
- Organ meats such as liver, are especially high in cholesterol content.
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Zetia Drug Center
Medical Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Zetia (ezetimibe) is a drug that is used to treat high cholesterol that works by decreasing the absorption of cholesterol from the intestine. Side effects of Zetia have included diarrhea, back pain, and abdominal pain.
Zetia is available as 10 mg oral tablets. Bile-acid binding drugs such as cholestyramine (Questran) bind to Zetia and reduce its absorption. There have been no adequate studies of Zetia in pregnant women or nursing mothers.
Our Zetia Drug Center provides a comprehensive view of available drug information as well as related drugs, user reviews, supplements and disease and conditions.
What is Prescribing information?
The FDA package insert formatted in easy-to-find categories for health professionals and clinicians.
Zetia Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage
Therapy with lipid-altering agents should be only one component of multiple risk factor intervention in individuals at significantly increased risk for atherosclerotic vascular disease due to hypercholesterolemia. Drug therapy is indicated as an adjunct to diet when the response to a diet restricted in saturated fat and cholesterol and other nonpharmacologic measures alone has been inadequate.
Primary Hyperlipidemia
Monotherapy
ZETIA, administered alone, is indicated as adjunctive therapy to diet for the reduction of elevated total cholesterol (total-C), low-d...
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What is Zetia Prescribing Information?
Drug Description - Indications & Dosage - Side Effects & Drug Interactions - Warnings & Precautions - Contraindications - Medication Guide and More
What is Patient information?
Easy-to-read and understand detailed drug information and pill images for the patient or caregiver from Cerner Multum.
Zetia Patient Information: Side Effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:
- unusual muscle weakness, tenderness, or pain;
- nausea, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes);
- chest pain;
- pancreatitis (severe pain in your upper stomach spreading to your back, nausea and vomiting, fast heart rate); or l...
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What is Zetia Patient Information?
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What is Consumer information?
A concise overview of the drug for the patient or caregiver from First DataBank.
Zetia Consumer Information: Uses
Ezetimibe is used along with a low cholesterol/low fat diet and exercise to help lower cholesterol in the blood. Ezetimibe may be used alone or with other drugs (such as "statins" or fibrates). Ezetimibe works by reducing the amount of cholesterol your body absorbs from your diet. Reducing cholesterol may help prevent strokes and heart attacks.
HOW TO USE: Read the Patient Information Leaflet if available from your pharmacist before you start taking ezetimibe and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. ...
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