Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitor

2 Drugs classified under this drug class

Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitor. Ezetimibe 10 mg.
TABS.:30 Adult./ adolesc.(10- 17 yrs.):10mg×1/d with/without food Cholesterol-low.  diet should be init. before tmt. initiat. and contin. during the tmt.
Prim. hypercholesterolemia: admin.with a statin or alone. As adjunct. ther.to diet for use in pts. with prim. (heterozygous famil. and non-famil.) hypercholesterolemia. Homozygous famil. hypercholesterolem.: Concom. use with a statin for use in pts. with  HoFH .Pts. may also receive adjunct. tmts. (e.g. LDL apheresis). Homozygous sitosterolem. (Phytosterolem.): pts. with homozygous famil. sitosterolem.
C/I: Hypersens. Contom. use with statin, in pts. with hep. impair. Contom. use with  statin, in  preg./lact.

Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitor. Ezetimibe 10 mg.
TABS: 30. 1 tab. dly at any time of day
with or without food.
Prim. hypercholesterem. monother. as
adjunct. to diet in pts. with prim.
hypercholesterem. in whom statin not
appropriate or tolerat., hymozygous
sitosterolem. as adjunct to ther.
C/I: Hypersens., when co-admin. with a
statin, see lit. Ther. in co-admin, with a
statin in pregn. and lact. and active liver
dis. unexplain. persist. elevat. serum
transaminases.