What Are You Doing to Reduce Triglycerides, a Fat in Your Blood?
Healthy eating, exercise, and treating high LDL (bad) cholesterol are a good start toward improving your cholesterol. But for some people, that’s not enough to reduce high triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood. You can reach your LDL (bad) cholesterol goal with a statin medication and still have a triglyceride level that is too high.
Why you want triglycerides to be low
Triglycerides, together with LDL (bad) cholesterol and HDL (good) cholesterol, make up your total cholesterol. Two reasons why you want your triglyceride levels to be lower:
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People with high triglycerides often have high LDL (bad) cholesterol and low HDL (good) cholesterol.1 |
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A high triglyceride level combined with high LDL (bad) cholesterol or low HDL (good) cholesterol is associated with the buildup of fat in the blood. |
TRILIPIX can help lower triglycerides for improved cholesterol
TRILIPIX is the first and only fibrate cholesterol medication that is FDA-approved to be used along with diet to reduce high triglycerides in people at high risk of heart disease who have abnormal cholesterol levels and are taking a statin medication to lower their LDL (bad) cholesterol. TRILIPIX has not been shown to lower your risk of having heart problems or a stroke.2
Ask your doctor about TRILIPIX
Along with healthy eating, regular exercise, and your statin medication, TRILIPIX may be just what you need to further lower your triglycerides and help improve your cholesterol. Talk to your doctor about adding TRILIPIX as part of a total cholesterol management plan. Use the helpful Doctor Discussion Guide now to help you start the conversation with your doctor.
Safety Information
- TRILIPIX may cause allergic-type reactions, blood clots, and possible changes in some blood test values.
- If you are pregnant or may become pregnant, talk with your healthcare provider about TRILIPIX. It is not known if TRILIPIX will harm your unborn baby.
- The most common side effects with TRILIPIX include headache, heartburn, nausea, muscle aches, and increases in muscle or liver enzymes that are measured by blood tests.
Please click here for Important Safety Information about TRILIPIX and discuss it with your doctor.
Please see the Medication Guide and full Prescribing Information for TRILIPIX and discuss them with your doctor.
Uses and Important Safety Information You Should Know About TRILIPIX (fenofibric acid)
Uses for TRILIPIX® (fenofibric acid) delayed-release capsules
- TRILIPIX should only be used when other measures, such as diet and exercise, have not been enough.
- TRILIPIX is a prescription medication used along with diet to lower triglycerides and raise HDL (good) cholesterol in people at high risk of heart disease who have abnormal cholesterol levels and are taking a statin medicine to manage LDL (bad) cholesterol.
- TRILIPIX is also used along with diet to lower severely high triglycerides. Improving blood sugar control in certain people with diabetes may prevent the need for cholesterol drug therapy.
- TRILIPIX is also used to lower triglycerides and LDL cholesterol, and increase HDL cholesterol in people with abnormal cholesterol levels.
- TRILIPIX has not been shown to lower your risk of having heart problems or a stroke.
Important Safety Information for TRILIPIX
- TRILIPIX should not be taken by people with liver, gallbladder, or severe kidney disease, nursing mothers, or those allergic to any product ingredient.
- TRILIPIX can cause muscle problems. Unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness may be a sign of a serious muscle problem and should be reported to your healthcare provider right away. Rarely, muscle-related problems can cause kidney damage and can be fatal. The risk of these side effects may be higher when TRILIPIX is used with a statin.
- Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take.
- Some people require blood tests to check for kidney problems while taking TRILIPIX.
- TRILIPIX can cause liver problems. Blood tests are needed before and during treatment with TRILIPIX to check for liver problems.
- TRILIPIX may cause inflammation (swelling) of the gallbladder or pancreas. Contact your healthcare provider if you experience abdominal pain, nausea, or vomiting.
- TRILIPIX may cause allergic-type reactions, blood clots, and possible changes in some blood test values.
- If you are pregnant or may become pregnant, talk with your healthcare provider about TRILIPIX. It is not known if TRILIPIX will harm your unborn baby.
- The most common side effects with TRILIPIX include headache, heartburn, nausea, muscle aches, and increases in muscle or liver enzymes that are measured by blood tests.
For more information, talk with your healthcare provider.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
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References:
1. American Heart Association. Good vs. Bad Cholesterol. Available at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Cholesterol/AboutCholesterol/Good-vs-Bad-Cholesterol_UCM_305561_Article.jsp. Last update June 13, 2011. Accessed June 20, 2011.
2. TRILIPIX [package insert]. North Chicago, IL: Abbott Laboratories.
