lipid-lowering drug/agent

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Lipid-lowering drug may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes

DALLAS, May 4 – A drug used mainly to treat high triglycerides may also prevent or slow the onset of type 2 diabetes in coronary artery disease patients, according to research published in today’s rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Bezafibrate, which reduces both LDL (bad) cholesterol and triglycerides, while increasing HDL (good) cholesterol, was associated with “about a 30 percent reduction in diabetes onset in patients with coronary artery disease,” said Alexander Tenenbaum, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of cardiology at Tel-Aviv University, from the Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hasomer, Israel.
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3021...



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Usually, the best treatment for people who have high cholesterol or triglyceride levels is to lose weight if they are overweight, stop smoking if they smoke, decrease the total amount of fat and cholesterol in their diet, increase physical activity, and, if necessary, take a lipid-lowering drug.

A diet low in fats and cholesterol can lower the LDL cholesterol level. Experts recommend limiting calories from fat to no more than 25 to 35% of the total calories consumed over several days.

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec12/ch157/ch157b.html