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Clofibrate (Oral Route)
Drug Information provided by: MicromedexDescription
Clofibrate is used to lower cholesterol and triglyceride (fat-like substances) levels in the blood. This may help prevent medical problems caused by such substances clogging the blood vessels.
Clofibrate may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
Clofibrate is available only with your doctor's prescription.
Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although this use is not included in product labeling, clofibrate is used in certain patients with the following medical condition:
- Certain types of diabetes insipidus (water diabetes)
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