noun
- A class of medications used to treat high cholesterol and triglycerides by reducing fat production in the liver.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical term; usually used in plural form 'fibrates' when referring to the drug class
Examples
- The doctor prescribed a fibrate to help lower the patient's triglyceride levels.
- Fibrates are often used alongside statins to manage lipid disorders.
- Common fibrates include fenofibrate and gemfibrozil.
- The fibrate medication helped reduce the risk of heart disease in the clinical trial.
- Patients taking fibrates should have their liver function monitored regularly.