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Medications that can cause lipid disorders
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-beta blockers
-thiazides -oral contraceptives/estrogens -GC -cyclosporine |
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Risk factors for developing coronary artery disease
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-Lipid disorder
-non-lipid risk factors |
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Non lipid risk factors for CAD
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-Age (>45 in men,>55 in women)
-HTN (>140/90 or on meds) -HDL (<40 mg/dl) -smoking -FH of premature CAD(first-degree male relative <55 or female relative <65 |
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Statin monitoring
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-Baseline LFT, CK
-LFTs in 4-6 weeks -LFTs at 3 months -Periodically thereafter |
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Niaspan monitoring
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-LFT, FG, uric acid/baseline
-Monthly LFT while titrating -Then q 12 weeks/1st year -Periodically |
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3A4 inhibitors that increase statin levels
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amiodarone,cyclosporine,
tacrolimus,erythro,diltiazem, verapamil,clarithro,fluoxetine,fluvoxamine, propoxyphene,zafirlukast,grapefruit, nifedipine,nicardipine, ritanavir,saquinavir |
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Fibric acid interactions
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-fibric acids increase warfarin effect
-cyclosporine increases gemfibrozil effect -fenofibrate (Tricor)may have less IA potential |
