Lipid Lowering Drugs
Test Your Knowledge on Lipid Lowering Drugs
Welcome to the Lipid Lowering Drugs Quiz! Test your understanding of the various medications used to manage cholesterol levels and their associated effects.
This quiz covers:
- Understanding LDL and cholesterol
- Specific medications and their effects
- Side effects and interactions
- Clinical scenarios and drug indications
LDL is :
Good cholesterol
Stored in our fat cells
The major cholesterol carrier in the blood
Regulated by hormones
Which drug(s) leads to the increase of conversion of cholesterol to bile acids in order to decrease LDL levels in the blood?
Lovastatin
Cholestyramine
Niacin
Ezetimide
Colesevelam
Bile Sequestrants should be taken 2 hours prior or 1 hour after taking other medications
True
False
A patient presents to the doctor with pruritus with cholestasis and bile salt accumulation. What drugs can be used in this case to relieve pruritus?
Statins
Fibrates
Bile Acid Sequestrants
Niacin
Elevation is LFTs, muscle damage, increase in creatine kinase, rhabdomyolisis are side effects of:
Bile Acid Sequestrants
Statins
Ezetimibe
Fibrates
This prodrug is weak in mono-therapy, and is often combined with statins
Gemfibrozil
Ezetimibe
Niacin
If this drug is combined with statins, risk for myopathy increases
Ezetimibe
Fenofibrate
Gemfibrozil
Colesevelam
This drug is a form of B3, and in high doses is associated with many SE, and clinical studies did not show signs of benefit in decreasing M&M
Alirocumab
Fenofibrate
Niacin
Lomitapide
A patient presented with nasopharyngitis, flu like symptoms, and redness on her abdomen on what appears to be a site of injection. What could be the drug that she was injected with?
Evolocumab
Gemfibrozil
Atorvastatin
Cholestyramine
This medication is used for TG lowering but can cause GI effects and bleeding if taken with an anticoagulant
Alirocumab
Lovastatin
Omega-3
Niacin
Mipomersen can lead to hepatotoxicity and Lomitapide can lead to liver damage.
True
False
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