Press Release: PRAC recommends using acipimox only as additional or alternative treatment to lower high triglyceride levels

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Series Details EMA/618574/2013 (08.11.13)
Publication Date 08/11/2013
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The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC), on 8 November 2013, recommended that medicines containing acipimox should have their marketing authorisations amended to ensure that they are used across the European Union only as an additional or alternative treatment in type IIb and type IV hyperlipoproteinaemia. These are conditions involving hypertriglyceridaemia (high levels of triglycerides, a type of fat, in the blood), with or without increased cholesterol.
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EMA: Press Release; EMA/618574/2013 (08.11.13): PRAC recommends using acipimox only as additional or alternative treatment to lower high triglyceride levels http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Press_release/2013/11/WC500154014.pdf
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