Lomitapide Mesylate and Triprolidine Syrup

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

Adjunct to a low-fat diet and other lipid-lowering treatments, including LDL apheresis where available, to reduce LDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol, apolipoprotein B (apo B), and non-HDL-cholesterol concentrations in the management of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (designated an orphan drug by US FDA for use in this condition).

Safety and efficacy not established in patients with hypercholesterolemia who do not have homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

Effects on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality not established.

• Generic Name: triprolidine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Histex, M-Hist PD, Vanaclear PD, Vanahist PD, Zymine, Zymine XR, Tripohist, Histex Syrup, Histex PD Drops, Histex PDX

• It is used to ease allergy signs.