CLOFIBRATE

Do not take clofibrate if you have liver disease, kidney disease, or biliary cirrhosis.

Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:

Rare

• Chest pain
• irregular heartbeat
• shortness of breath
• stomach pain (severe) with nausea and vomiting

Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:

Rare

• Blood in urine
• cough or hoarseness
• decrease in urination
• fever or chills
• lower back or side pain
• painful or difficult urination
• swelling of feet or lower legs

Some side effects are mild and may not need medical attention. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects.

Precautions

Before taking this medication, tell your doctor if you have:

• an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism),
• diabetes, or
• an ulcer in your stomach or intestines.

Interactions

Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.

Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.

Ciprofibrate

Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.

• Atorvastatin
• Ezetimibe
• Fluvastatin
• Lovastatin
• Pravastatin
• Simvastatin

Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.

• Chlorpropamide
• Colchicine
• Furosemide
• Rifampin
• Rifapentine
• Tolazamide

In case of overdose, seek emergency medical attention or call the emergency hotline immediately.

Available brand:

• Clofibrate