Cholesterol Medications Diabetes ActiveCare

Name That Medicine

People with diabetes may have abnormal cholesterol levels. One or more medications may be used to manage LDL (bad), HDL (good) cholesterol and triglycerides. This may help your patients identify the name of the medications that have been prescribed for them and how the medications work.

Statins (HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors) Bile Acid Sequestrants Drug Name Representative Doses How it Works Drug Name Representative Doses How it Works *Indicates Generic Brand Name Available (mg) *Indicates Generic Brand Name Available is Available is Available Atorvastatin* Lipitor® 10 Reduces the Colesevelam Welchol® 625 mg Absorbs and body’s ability binds with 20 Also available in 3.75 gm packets to make bile salts 40 cholesterol which increase ® removal of 80 Cholestyramine* Questran 4 gm Powder cholesterol Fluvastatin Lescol® 20 Packets through the stool 40 Lescol® XL 80 Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitor ® Lovastatin* Mevacor 10 Drug Name Representative Doses How it Works 20 Brand Name Available (mg) ® 40 Ezetimibe Zetia 10 Blocks cholesterol Lovastatin Altoprev® 20 absorption Extended Extended from the small 40 Release Release intestine 60 Pitavastatin Livalo® 1 Fibric Acid 2 Drug Name Representative Doses How it Works *Indicates Generic Brand Name Available (mg) 4 is Available Pravastatin* Pravachol® 10 Fenofibrate*1 Tricor® 48 Lowers 145 cholesterol and 20 triglycerides ® 40 Gemfibrozil* Lopid 600 80 Rosuvastatin Crestor® 5 Niacin Drug Name Representative Doses How it Works 10 *Indicates Generic Brand Name Available (mg) 20 is Available ® 40 Niacin Niaspan 500 Lowers Extended 750 cholesterol and ® 1 Simvastatin* Zocor 5 Release* 1000 triglycerides 10 20 Omega-3 Fatty Acids 40 Drug Name Representative Doses How it Works 80 *Indicates Generic Brand Name Available (mg) is Available Omega-3 Lovaza® 1 Lowers Fatty Acids*1 triglycerides

1 Generic is available but not equivalent. Generics may be available for many of the medications noted above; consult with your pharmacist to determine whether a suitable generic of your medication is available. Additional medications are available, though less frequently prescribed, including Advicor (lovastatin with niacin). In addition, medications for managing more than one condition are available, for example Caduet (atorvastatin with amlodipine) for blood cholesterol and blood pressure management. Sources: Adapted from www.drugdigest.org, and The Art and Science of Diabetes Self-Management Education, 2010.

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