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Overview

In pharmacology, the fibrates are a class of amphipathic carboxylic acids. They are used for a range of metabolic disorders, mainly hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol), and are therefore hypolipidemic agents.

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Fibrates prescribed commonly are:

Fenofibric acid (Trilipix) is FDA approved for combination use with statin, in patients with mixed dyslipidemia.

Indications

Fibrates are used as accessory therapy in many forms of hypercholesterolemia, usually in combination with statins. Trials do support its use as monotherapy.

Although less effective in lowering LDL, fibrates improve HDL and triglyceride levels, and seem to improve insulin resistance when the dyslipidemia is associated with other features of Syndrome X (hypertension and diabetes mellitus type 2).

Side effects

  • Mild stomach upset
  • Clofibrate are no longer used because they were found to increase morbidity and mortality rates. Also, increased rates of malignancy in rodents have been found.
  • Fibrates are excreted via kidney. It can cause reversible increases in serum creatinine levels. Thus, reduction in doses are indicated in cases with increased serum creatinine levels. Gemfibrozil's excretion is independent of renal function, and can be used in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Pharmacology

PPAR

Although used clinically since the early 1970s, the mechanism of action of fibrates remained unelucidated until, in the 1990s, it was discovered that fibrates activate PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors), especially PPARα.

The PPARs are a class of intracellular receptors that modulate carbohydrate, fat metabolism and adipose tissue differentiation.

Activation of PPARs causes transcription of a number of genes on the DNA that facilitate lipid metabolism.

Fibrates are structurally and pharmacologically related to the thiazolidinediones, a novel class of anti-diabetic drugs that also act on PPARs (more specifically PPARγ)

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