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Possible Interaction: Bezafibrate and Niacin

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Niacin

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

In patients with isolated low HDL cholesterol levels, bezafibrate increased this parameter by about 30%; adding nicotinic acid raised it further.
Drugs  •  2013  |  View Paper
It is concluded that low doses of nicotinic acid may result in significant changes in HDL cholesterol; when combined with bezafibrate significant alterations in total cholesterol, triglycerides and total/HDL cholesterol also result.
Postgraduate medical journal  •  1993  |  View Paper
The results indicate that the combination of bezafibrate and niacin produces a significant hypolipidemic response, with major site(s) of action located presystemically.
… bezafibrate, … niacin , 40 mg/kg/day for 3 days (Models A and B) or for 18 h (Model C)] produced significantly greater lowering of total cholesterol … lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol in comparison with intermittent oral administration of the same doses either given individually or in combination (Models A and B).
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences  •  2000  |  View Paper
Bezafibrate was effective hypolipidemic agent in normal rats, but addition of nicotinic acid has certainly improved the effectiveness further which could be of clinical significance.
However, in their therapeutic effectiveness, bezafibrate reduced triglycerides (65.4%) and nicotinic acid , cholesterol (39.3%).
The Indian journal of medical research  •  1991  |  View Paper