Juxtapid and Vitekta

• Generic Name: lomitapide
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Juxtapid

Juxtapid (lomitapide) is a cholesterol-lowering medication. It reduces blood levels of "bad" cholesterol, such as low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or non-high-density liproprotein (non-HDL), as well as a protein that carries bad cholesterol in the blood.

Juxtapid is used together with a low-fat diet and other treatments to lower total cholesterol in people with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (an inherited type of high cholesterol).

It is not known whether Juxtapid will lower your risk of heart disease.

• Generic Name: elvitegravir
• Dosage Forms: tablet, film coated
• Other Brand Names: Vitekta

Vitekta (elvitegravir) is an antiviral medication that prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from multiplying in your body.

Vitekta is used with other antiviral medications to treat HIV, the virus that can cause the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Elvitegravir is not a cure for HIV or AIDS.

Vitekta is usually given after other HIV medicines have been tried without success.