16: Drugs For High Blood Lipids

Question 0

Bile acid sequestrants

Answer 0

Cholesterol lowering drugs that bind with cholesterol containing a bile acids in the intestines and remove them via bowel movements

Question 1

Antihyperlipedemics

Answer 1

Drugs that work against high levels of lipids in the blood

Question 2

Cholesterol

Answer 2

A fatty, waxy material that our bodies need to function. It is present in cell membranes everywhere in the body.

Question 3

Cholesterol absorption inhibitors

Answer 3

Cholesterol lowering drugs the present the uptake of cholesterol from the small intestine into the circulatory system

Question 4

Familial hyperlipidemia

Answer 4

High blood fat levels that are related to genetic or inherited factors

Question 5

Fibrates

Answer 5

Lipid lowering drugs that are used primarily to lower triglycerides and, to a lesser extent, LDL cholesterol

Question 6

High density lipoproteins (HDL)

Answer 6

The good cholesterol that exists in the body

Question 7

Hyperlipidemia

Answer 7

High levels of blood fats

Question 8

Hypertriglyceridemia

Answer 8

Hi levels of triglycerides in the blood

Question 9

Low density lipoprotein (LDL)

Answer 9

The bad cholesterol that exists in the body

Question 10

Nicotinic acid

Answer 10

Special type of vitamin B that helps to decrease blood cholesterol levels

Question 11

Rhabdomyolyais

Answer 11

A condition in which skeletal muscle cells breakdown, releasing myoglobin. Risks with this condition includemuscle breakdown and kidney failure because myoglobin is toxic in the kidneys

Question 12

Statins

Answer 12

A class of drugs used to lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides by inhibiting the production by the body

Question 13

Triglyceride

Answer 13

The chemical form of most fats in foods and the human body