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Hypolipidemic treatment under special conditions: posttransplant and/or immunosupressive therapy

Maria Cristina de Oliveira Izar

There are limited data regarding the use of hypolipidemic agents concomitantly with immunosuppressive drugs. Best evidence is provided for the use of statins and cyclosporine. In terms of pharmacodynamics, these two drugs have different substrates. In respect to pharmacokinetics, statins usually do not modify serum concentrations of cyclosporine, however when combined with any statin a careful monitoring of cyclosporine levels is recommended, due to a narrow therapeutic window of the immunosupressive agent. Conversely, cyclosporine does affect the area under the curve for many statins, by inhibiting the CYP450 3A4, thus increasing systemic exposure to statins. Pravastatin appears to be the safest compound, once it is glucuronized. The area under the curve for the other statins (simvastatin, lovastatin, atorvastatin, cerivastatin, and rosuvastatin) can be increased in variable degrees according to the site of metabolization, liver extraction by OATP-C transporter, biliary secretion, renal excretion, and drug extrusion by the MDR system.

  • cyclosporine
  • immunosuppressive therapy
  • renal transplantation
  • Statins
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02/01/2006 DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2005002400013

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Izar MCO. Hypolipidemic treatment under special conditions: posttransplant and/or immunosupressive therapy. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2006;85(suppl 5):50-7.

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Izar, Maria Cristina de Oliveira. Hypolipidemic treatment under special conditions: posttransplant and/or immunosupressive therapy. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 85, n. suppl 5, p. 50-57, Jan. 2006.

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Izar, M. C. O. (2006). Hypolipidemic treatment under special conditions: posttransplant and/or immunosupressive therapy. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 85(suppl 5), 50-57.

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Izar, Maria Cristina de Oliveira. Hypolipidemic treatment under special conditions: posttransplant and/or immunosupressive therapy. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2006, vol. 85, n. suppl 5, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 50-57. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/article/hypolipidemic-treatment-under-special-conditions-posttransplant-and-or-immunosupressive-therapy/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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