Lipid Lowering Agents

Understand the antihyperlipidemic agents once and all! In this quick board review lecture I'm gonna cover the anti-hyperlipidemic agents and that includes the following groups. The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, the fibrates, niacin, bile acid sequestrants and cholesterol absorption inhibitors. Let's get started. The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors are a very important group of drugs. Five out of five you've got to know these drugs for your exams. The more common name for these drugs is the statins. However, t