Acipimox is a medicine that reduces cholesterol and triglycerides; works by preventing fats from reaching the liver and becoming cholesterol.
This oral medicinal product should be taken after meals.
Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertriglyceridemia
Vasodilation of the skin; itching; feeling hot, red. Skull pain; wrong; burning in the stomach hollow; Weakness.
Pregnancy and lactation; hypersensitivity to nicotinic acid derivatives; peptic ulcer.
Adults: hypertriglyceridemia 250 mg twice daily; hypercholesterolemia or associated with hyperglyceridemia 250 mg 3 times daily; patients with renal impairment should adjust the dose to creatinine clearance between 40 and 80 ml / min – 250 mg per day; 20 to 40 ml / min – 250 mg every 2 days.