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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
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Gemfibrozil/Lopid


- for hypertriglyceridemia with serum triglyceride levels >750 mg/dl, types IV and V hyperlipoproteinemia, at risk for pancreatitis and not responding to dietary measures; - Adult: - 600 mg/day PO bid qAC and qHC; - monitor LFT's (AST, ALT, LDH, Alk Phos) and watch for cholelithiasis; - may enhance effect of WARFARIN;



Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.