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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
Hypolipidemic drugs like etofibrate and bezafibrate may induce lithogenic bile and increase the risk of gallstone formation. In this study, biliary lipids, lithogenic index and biliary drug concentrations were investigated in 6 hyperlipidemic patients after cholecystectomy. Patients were treated once daily for 5 days with either 500 mg/day etofibrate or 400 mg/day bezafibrate. Hepatic bile was collected for 6 days via T-drainage in 4 hourly aliquots. In the patients treated with etofibrate, the range of the lithogenic index remained stable with 0.89-1.69 before and 0.78-1.51 after 5 day drug therapy. In the bezafibrate group, the range of the lithogenic index rose from 0.81-1.40 to 1.26-1.66 mainly as a result of an increase of biliary cholesterol concentrations. Biliary drug concentrations were substantially higher under bezafibrate treatment than under etofibrate treatment. In conclusion, the fibrate drugs, etofibrate and bezafibrate, are different with regard to lithogenicity of bile and extent of biliary excretion. The safety profile of etofibrate may be preferably compared to other fibrate drugs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0378-7966
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Bezafibrate, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Bile, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Cholecystectomy, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Cholelithiasis, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Clofibric Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Hyperlipidemias, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Hypolipidemic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Phospholipids, pubmed-meshheading:8582435-Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
pubmed:articleTitle
Biliary lipids, lithogenic index and biliary drug concentrations during etofibrate and bezafibrate treatment.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Püttlingen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial