Anticholesteremic agent
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In medicine, an anticholesteremic agent is any drug used to lower the serum cholesterol in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia."
Examples include:
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins)
- Fibrates (fibric acid derivatives)
- Bile acid sequestrants
- Niacin