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CONSUMER BRIEF SUMMARY the HDL (good) cholesterol. You should be on a low fat
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and low cholesterol diet while you take Trilipix.
PRESCRIBING INFORMATION The safety and effectiveness of Trilipix in children is not
known.
Trilipix
™
Who should not take Trilipix?
(try-lip-iks)
Do not take Trilipix if you:
(fenofibric acid) delayed release capsules
• are allergic to fenofibric acid, or any of the ingredients
in Trilipix. See the end of this brief summary for a list
Patient Information
of all the ingredients in Trilipix.
Read the Medication Guide before you start taking
• have severe kidney disease.
Trilipix and each time you get a refill. There may be new
information. This information does not take the place of
• have liver disease.
talking to your healthcare provider about your medical
• have gallbladder disease.
condition or your treatment. • are a nursing mother.
What is the most important information I should
Talk to your healthcare provider before you take
know about Trilipix?
Trilipix if you have any of these conditions.
Trilipix can be used with other cholesterol-lowering What should I tell my healthcare provider before
medicines called statins. Statins include: taking Trilipix?
• atorvastatin (Lipitor, Caduet) Before taking Trilipix, tell your healthcare provider
• fluvastatin (Lescol, Lescol XL)
about all your medical conditions, including if you:
• lovastatin (Altoprev, Mevacor, Advicor)
• are allergic to any medicines.
• pravastatin (Pravachol)
• have ever had kidney problems.
• rosuvastatin (Crestor)
• have ever had liver problems.
• simvastatin (Zocor, Simcor, Vytorin)
• have ever had gallbladder problems.
Statins can cause muscle pain, tenderness or weakness,
• are pregnant or if you plan to become pregnant. It is
which may be symptoms of a rare but serious muscle
not known if Trilipix will harm your unborn baby.
condition called rhabdomyolysis. In some cases • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known
rhabdomyolysis can cause kidney damage and death. The if Trilipix passes into your breast milk. You and your
risk of rhabdomyolysis may be higher when Trilipix is healthcare provider should decide if you will take
given with statins. If you take a statin, tell your healthcare Trilipix or breastfeed. You should not do both.
provider.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines
Other medicines or large amounts of grapefruit juice you take, including prescription and non-prescription
(more than a quart) may raise the levels of statins in your medicines, vitamins and herbal supplements.
body, and could then raise the risk of muscle problems.
Using Trilipix with certain other medicines can affect the
Tell your healthcare provider if you are taking any
way these medicines work and other medicines may
medicines listed below.
affect how Trilipix works. In some cases, using Trilipix
• Heart medicine with other medicines can cause serious side effects.
• Stomach medicine Know all the medicines you take. Keep a list of them and
• Antibiotic
show it to your healthcare provider when you get a new
• Anti-fungal
medicine.
• Cholesterol-lowering medicine
It is especially important to tell your healthcare
provider if you take any of the medicines mentioned
• Hormones
in, "What is the most important information I should
• HIV/AIDS medicine
know about Trilipix?" or any of the medicines listed
• Antidepressant below:
• Immunosuppressant • anticoagulants, also known as blood thinners
• Anti-seizure medicine
(warfarin, Coumadin)
Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of
• bile acid resins
these medicines, if you are not sure. • cyclosporine
Tell your healthcare provider if you drink grapefruit juice. Ask your healthcare provider if you are not sure if your
medicine is one of these.
What is Trilipix?
Trilipix is a prescription medicine used to treat
How should I take Trilipix?
cholesterol in the blood by lowering the total amount of • You should be on a low fat and low cholesterol diet
triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol, and increasing while you take Trilipix.
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