Nexletol
Bempedoic acid tablets for high cholesterol. It lowers LDL cholesterol by blocking an early step in the liver's cholesterol production.
- Categories
- Heart & Blood Pressure · Cholesterol Management
- Active ingredient
- Bempedoic Acid
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Film-coated tablet
- Strengths
- 180mg
This listing uses Nexletol as a reference name. A generic equivalent is supplied; its exact brand and manufacturer are confirmed before supply.
Prescription and consultation requirements for Nexletol vary by destination and are determined by the fulfilment partner.
Nexletol details
- Conditions
- Primary Hypercholesterolaemia · Mixed Dyslipidaemia
- Alternative names
- Nilemdo
- Therapeutic class
- Adenosine triphosphate-citrate lyase inhibitor
- Pharmacological class
- Lipid-lowering agent
- Contraindications
- hypersensitivity to bempedoic acid; pregnancy; breastfeeding
- Minor side effects
- hyperuricaemia; muscle spasms; back pain; abdominal pain
- Moderate side effects
- gout; anaemia; increased liver enzymes
- Serious side effects
- tendon rupture, requires immediate medical attention
- Dosage forms
- Film-coated tablet
- Administration route
- Oral use
- Supply category
- Prescription-only medicine (POM)
- Originator
- Daiichi Sankyo
- Onset Time
- 2–4 weeks
- Duration
- Ongoing
- Storage instructions
- Store below 30°C.
- Drug interactions
- Simvastatin; Pravastatin
- Age restrictions
- Not for use in children.
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding
- Pregnancy: Contraindicated. Breastfeeding: Do not use during breastfeeding.
Precautions and warnings
monitor uric acid levels; caution in patients with history of gout; monitor for tendon rupture
Patient summary
Bempedoic acid tablets for high cholesterol. It lowers LDL cholesterol by blocking an early step in the liver's cholesterol production.
Mechanism of action
Bempedoic acid inhibits ATP-citrate lyase, an enzyme involved in cholesterol biosynthesis in the liver, resulting in reduced LDL-cholesterol levels in the blood.
What you will receive
Nexletol is used here as a reference originator brand name to identify the medicine. We are not affiliated with the brand owner, and this listing does not offer the originator product.
- The supplied product is a generic equivalent containing Bempedoic Acid, not the originator brand shown as the reference.
- The exact generic brand, manufacturer and dispatch location are confirmed based on the product, destination and available manufacturer or partner warehouse.
- Check the final product details at checkout before confirming an order.