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Tricor |
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- Description - |
Tricor combats high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. It worksby promoting the dissolution and elimination of fat particles in the blood.
Tricor is usually added to a treatment regimen only when othermeasures have failed to produce adequate results. Often, diet and exerciseare enough to bring blood fats under control. Likewise, it's sometimessufficient to simply treat an underlying problem such as diabetes,underactive thyroid, kidney disease, liver dysfunction, or alcoholism. Andin some cases, just discontinuing a medication is enough to do the job. Forinstance, certain water pills and "beta-blocker" heart medications arecapable of causing a massive increase in triglyceride levels. Estrogenreplacement therapy is another potential culprit.
Whatever your other treatment measures may be, it's important toremember that Tricor is intended to supplement them, rather than replacethem outright. To get the full benefit of the medication, you need to stickto the diet, exercise program, and other treatments your doctor prescribes.All these efforts to keep your cholesterol and triglyceride levels normal areimportant because together they may lower your risk of heart disease.
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- Common Side Effects - |
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Abdominal pain,back pain,headache,respiratory disorders |
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The cholesterol-lowering drugs Colestid and Questran
Cyclosporine (Neoral)
"Statins" (the cholesterol-lowering drugs Baycol, Lescol, Lipitor, Mevacor, Pravachol, and Zocor)
Warfarin (Coumadin)
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- Manufacturer - |
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Abbott Pharmaceutical |
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1 Abbott Park Road |
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Abbott Park, IL 60064-3500 |
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