{"id":9290,"date":"2012-05-14T10:51:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T16:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cardiophile.net\/?p=7955"},"modified":"2023-05-29T05:19:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T23:49:41","slug":"how-does-ezetemibe-a-cholesterol-lowering-drug-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/how-does-ezetemibe-a-cholesterol-lowering-drug-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How does ezetimibe, a cholesterol lowering drug work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/stQ1i2MayfA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">How does ezetimibe, a cholesterol lowering drug work?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ezetimibe lowers blood cholesterol by inhibiting its intestinal absorption by acting on Niemann-Pick C1Like1 (NPC1L1) receptor in the intestinal brush border. NPC1L1 is the phytosterol and cholesterol transporter in the intestinal brush border. Ezetimibe causes a decrease in LDL-Cholesterol by inhibiting this transporter. A combination of ezetimibe with atorvastatin is quite powerful in bringing down cholesterol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ezetemibe lowers blood cholesterol by inhibiting its intestinal absorption by acting on Niemann-Pick C1Like1 (NPC1L1) receptor in intestinal brush border. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[752,1433,2559],"class_list":["post-9290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-cholesterol-lowering-drug","tag-ezetimibe","tag-niemann-pick-c1like1-npc1l1-receptor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How does ezetimibe, a cholesterol lowering drug work? - All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ezetemibe lowers blood cholesterol by inhibiting its intestinal absorption by acting on Niemann-Pick C1Like1 (NPC1L1) receptor in intestinal brush border.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/how-does-ezetemibe-a-cholesterol-lowering-drug-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How does ezetimibe, a cholesterol lowering drug work? 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