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==Overdosage==
In clinical studies, administration of ezetimibe, 50 mg/day to 15 healthy subjects for up to 14 days, 40 mg/day to 18 patients with primary [[hyperlipidemia]] for up to 56 days, and 40 mg/day to 27 patients with [[homozygous sitosterolemia]] for 26 weeks was generally well tolerated. One female patient with [[homozygous sitosterolemia ]]took an accidental overdose of ezetimibe 120 mg/day for 28 days with no reported clinical or laboratory adverse events.
 
In the event of an overdose, symptomatic and supportive measures should be employed.<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web  | last =  | first =  | title = ZETIA (EZETIMIBE) TABLET [MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=a773b0b2-d31c-4ff4-b9e8-1eb2d3a4d62a | publisher =  | date =  | accessdate = 11 February 2014 }}</ref>
 
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[[Category:Cardiovasuclar Drugs]]
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