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Hyperlipidemia

Description

Cholesterol is a type of fat in the blood that is essential for normal functioning of the cells, nerves, and hormones, but if it exceeds the normal limits it becomes harmful. Increased level of cholesterol in the body is known as hyperlipidemia.

Following are the different types of cholesterol in our body:

  • LDL (low-density lipoprotein): It is the bad kind of cholesterol that carries and deposits the fat along the walls of arteries causing them to become hard and narrower.
  • HDL (high-density lipoprotein): It is the good kind of cholesterol that carries the extra fat to the liver without depositing them along the walls of the arteries. It helps lower the risk of heart attacks.
  • Triglycerides: It stores and transports fat in the blood. Excess calories (especially sugar and alcohol) are stored this way.

Hyperlipidemia or hyperlipoproteinemia is a very common disorder characterized by abnormally increased levels of lipoproteins or lipids in the blood. Lipoproteins are molecules made up of lipids and proteins. The two common types of lipids are triglycerides and cholesterol, therefore; it is also commonly called hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia. It is a major risk factor for heart diseases. It has two subtypes:

  1. Primary or familial hyperlipidemia
  2. Secondary or acquired hyperlipidemia.
Causes
  • Primary hyperlipidemia:

Primary hyperlipidemia or familial hyperlipidemia results from genetic abnormalities. It runs in families; you may have it if your parents or siblings have it.

 

  • Secondary hyperlipidemia:

Secondary hyperlipidemia or acquires hyperlipidemia is caused by:

 

  1. Diet rich in cholesterol and fats
  2. Sedentary lifestyle
  3. Medicines such as thiazides, beta-blockers, and estrogen
  4. Hypothyroidism
  5. Pregnancy
  6. Kidney disease
  7. Alcohol abuse

 

Risk factors

PREVENTABLE:

  • Smoking
  • Alcohol
  • Unhealthy diet (eating foods such as full-fat dairy products, meat and processed food)
  • Sedentary lifestyle (lack of physical exercise)

NON PREVENTABLE:

  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Diabetes
  • Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid gland)
  • Polycystic ovarian disease
  • Pregnancy

 

Symptoms

Hyperlipidemia usually presents with no signs and symptoms but puts you at a greater risk of developing other medical illnesses:

  • High blood pressure (fat starts to build up along the walls of the arteries which causes them to become narrower that might shoot up the blood pressure)
  • Heart attack (fat build-up may form a blood clot that might travel to the heart and cause a heart attack)
  • Stroke
  • Diabetes
  • Xanthelasma (in rare cases high cholesterol may start getting deposited around eyes)
Diagnosis

To reach a diagnosis, your doctor will ask for your complete medical history and perform a simple physical exam. To confirm the diagnosis your doctor will recommend blood test called lipid profile for levels of:

  1. LDL or bad cholesterol
  2. HDL or good cholesterol
  3. Total cholesterol
  4. Triglycerides
Management

The goal of management is to maintain normal lipid values to avoid risk of heart diseases. It includes:

  1. Lifestyle modification: Your doctor will recommend you to follow a strict diet, avoid alcohol, quit smoking, and add exercise to your daily routine.

 

 

  1. Medicines:
  • Statins (lipid-lowering medicines): Atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, and rosuvastatin
  • Cholestyramine and colestipol
  • Gemfibrozil, fenoglide, and triglide
  • Niacin
  • Asezetimibe.
When to consult a doctor?

A medical professional should be consulted right away if one feels a sudden chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, numbness, slurred speech and difficulty in walking.

 

Available Medicine for Hyperlipidemia

Lipiget 10 mg

Rs.319

Getz Pharma

Lipiget 20 mg

Rs.548.9

Getz Pharma

Lipiget 40 mg

Rs.656.25

Getz Pharma

Lipitor 10mg

Rs.350

Pfizer

Lipitor 20mg

Rs.550

Pfizer

Stat-A 20mg

Rs.170

High-Q

Lipirex 10mg

Rs.225

Highnoon

Pro-statin 20mg

Rs.350

CCL

Atorva 10mg

Rs.308

Pharmatec

Lipitor 40mg

Rs.750

Pfizer

Lastolip 20mg

Rs.335

Wilshire

Lochol 10mg

Rs.224.85

Scilife

Lipirex 20mg

Rs.420

Highnoon

Stat-A 40mg

Rs.230

High-Q

Stat-A 10mg

Rs.144

High-Q

Lipiget EZ 10 mg / 10 mg

Rs.340

Getz Pharma

Lipirex 40mg

Rs.525

Highnoon

Atorva 40mg

Rs.637.48

Pharmatec

Descol 20mg

Rs.360

Nabi Qasim

Descol 10mg

Rs.198

Nabi Qasim

Oscar 10mg

Rs.180

Scotman

Oscar 20mg

Rs.237.6

Scotman

Oscar 40mg

Rs.600

Scotman

Oscar Plus 5mg/10mg

Rs.200

Scotman

Oscar Plus 5mg/20mg

Rs.287

Scotman

Jezeta 10mg/40mg

Rs.700

Hilton

Jezeta 10mg/10mg

Rs.348

Hilton

Tavist 10mg

Rs.172.5

Macter

Jezeta 20mg/10mg

Rs.561.16

Hilton

Lipivastin 10mg

Rs.100

Mass-PH Health

Lastolip 10mg

Rs.180

Wilshire

Atorva 20mg

Rs.548.6

Pharmatec

Lipotrim 20mg

Rs.350

Maple

Winstor 10mg

Rs.184

Sanofi

Winstor 20mg

Rs.330.6

Sanofi

Winstor 40mg

Rs.618.62

Sanofi

Am-Descol 10/10mg

Rs.181.06

Nabi Qasim

Sensicon 10 mg

Rs.230

Barrett

Orva 20mg

Rs.270

Bosch

Orva 10mg

Rs.144.3

Bosch

AM-Descol 5/10 mg

Rs.206.5

Nabi Qasim

Lipirex 10 mg

Rs.245

Highnoon

Lipirex 20mg

Rs.455

Highnoon

Atorva 10 mg

Rs.297.5

Pharmatec

Lochol 40 mg

Rs.524.86

Scilife

Gempid 600mg

Rs.150.91

Atco

Pitalo 2mg

Rs.352.94

Genix

Pitalo 4mg

Rs.380

Genix

Pitalo 1mg

Rs.180

Genix

Rovista 5 mg

Rs.203

Getz Pharma

Rovista 10 mg

Rs.338.97

Getz Pharma

Rovista 20mg

Rs.600

Getz Pharma

X-plended 20mg

Rs.564.3

Pharm Evo

X-plended 10mg

Rs.370

Pharm Evo

X-plended 5mg

Rs.220

Pharm Evo

Omnitor 5mg

Rs.185

Macter

Omnitor 10mg

Rs.319

Macter

Omnitor 20mg

Rs.440

Macter

Rolip 10mg

Rs.350

Hilton

Rolip 20mg

Rs.585

Hilton

Vaptor 10mg

Rs.316.25

Searle

Xovat 5mg

Rs.180

Aspin Pharma

Xovat 10 mg 10's

Rs.290

Aspin Pharma

Xovat 20mg

Rs.490

Aspin Pharma

Rosubar 20mg

Rs.490

Barrett

Rosubar 5mg

Rs.210

Barrett

Loster 5 mg

Rs.150

Helix Pharma

Vaptor 20mg

Rs.480

Searle

Rosuvax 10mg

Rs.318.64

Asian Continental

Roviros 5mg

Rs.275

Nabi Qasim

Rosubar 10mg

Rs.390

Barrett

Loster 20mg

Rs.400

Helix Pharma

Rast 5 mg 5mg

Rs.190

Tabroos

Kestore 10mg

Rs.199.9

Scilife

Crestat 20mg

Rs.559.6

CCL

Crescor 20mg

Rs.460

Martin Dow

Fortius 5mg

Rs.186

High-Q

Aurora 10mg

Rs.366.06

Ferozsons

Rolip 5mg

Rs.225

Hilton

Aurora 5mg

Rs.203.37

Ferozsons

Aurora 20mg

Rs.542.3

Ferozsons

Rosulin 10mg

Rs.320

Highnoon

Rosulin 20mg

Rs.495

Highnoon

Cougar 10mg

Rs.229

Scotman

Cougar 20mg

Rs.375

Scotman

Cougar 5mg

Rs.138

Scotman

Fortius 10mg

Rs.296

High-Q

Rovator 5 mg

Rs.235

Atco

Neostat 10 mg

Rs.199

Soin Pharma

Rosulin 5mg

Rs.177.64

Highnoon

Crestat 10 mg 10mg

Rs.358.05

CCL

Rast 20 mg 20mg

Rs.470

Tabroos

Vaptor 5mg

Rs.190

Searle

Rosuvax 5mg

Rs.159.99

Asian Continental

Rast 10mg 10mg

Rs.300

Tabroos

Loster 10mg

Rs.280

Helix Pharma

ROVATOR 10 mg

Rs.380

Atco

Rosuva 5mg

Rs.234

Wilson's

Crestat 5mg 5mg

Rs.213.68

CCL

Staars 20mg

Rs.400

Horizon Pharma

Kestore 20mg

Rs.299.9

Scilife

Qazzo 20mg

Rs.400

Wilshire

Rosuva 10mg

Rs.382

Wilson's

Crescor 10mg

Rs.345

Martin Dow Marker

Rosca 10 mg

Rs.300

Genix Pharma

Crescor 5 mg

Rs.210.01

Martin Dow

Rosera 20 mg

Rs.420

Sami

Rolip Eze 5 mg / 10 mg

Rs.285

Hilton

Rolip Eze 10 mg / 10 mg

Rs.410

Hilton

Rolip Eze 20 mg / 10 mg

Rs.615.01

Hilton

Cougar 10 mg

Rs.266.66

Scotmann

Rova 20mg

Rs.421

Bosch

Xenecor 20mg

Rs.619.09

ICI Pakistan Limited

Xenecor 5mg

Rs.175

ICI Pakistan Limited

Rova 5mg

Rs.233

Bosch

Xenecor 10mg

Rs.336

ICI Pakistan Limited

Rovator 20mg

Rs.570

Atco

Rovista EZ 5 mg / 10 mg

Rs.205

Getz Pharma

Rovista EZ 20 mg / 10 mg

Rs.590

Getz Pharma

Rovista 5mg

Rs.234.29

Getz

Rovista 20 mg

Rs.600

Getz

Rovista 10mg

Rs.437.35

Getz Pharma

Qazzo 10 mg

Rs.306

Wilshire

X-plended EZ 5/10mg

Rs.235

Pharm Evo

Recol 10mg

Rs.226.55

Barrett

Recol 20mg

Rs.357.26

Barrett

Survive 10mg

Rs.170

Werick

Survive 20mg

Rs.320

Werick

Zocor 10mg

Rs.324.17

OBS

Zocor 20mg

Rs.646.17

OBS

Zocor 40mg

Rs.1010.88

OBS

Simbex 20mg/10mg

Rs.420

Searle

Simbex 10mg/10mg

Rs.367.51

Searle

Neocom S 10 mg/ 10 mg

Rs.208

Novins

Simva 10mg

Rs.193.83

Nabi Qasim

Simvazaf 20 mg

Rs.205.8

Zafa

Simvazaf 20 mg

Rs.250.29

Zafa

Simvazaf 10mg

Rs.140.79

Zafa