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Which of the following medication may increase LDL?
Suggested Answer: E
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LDL can be elevated by diuretics, cyclosporine, glucocorticoids, and amiodarone.
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/129/25_suppl_2/S1
11 comments · newest first
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Onita
11 months ago
Not sure about Hydrochlorothiazide affecting LDL, sounds off.
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Carry
12 months ago
Cyclosporine definitely increases LDL, no doubt about it.
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Andree
12 months ago
Wait, really? I thought Lisinopril was neutral for LDL.
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Kris
12 months ago
Totally agree, I've seen that in studies.
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Herman
1 year ago
Amiodarone can raise LDL levels.
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Bernardine
1 year ago
I practiced a similar question last week, and I think cyclosporine was the answer for increasing LDL.
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Merrilee
1 year ago
Hydrochlorothiazide is usually associated with lowering blood pressure, but I can't recall if it affects LDL.
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Bok
1 year ago
I feel like we covered this in class, and I want to say that amiodarone might have an effect on lipid levels too.
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Nell
1 year ago
I think I remember something about cyclosporine potentially increasing LDL levels, but I'm not entirely sure.
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Hortencia
1 year ago
I'm a bit unsure about this one. I'll need to review my notes on entitlements to make sure I understand the different types of units used to measure them.
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Celia
1 year ago
Option C looks interesting, but I'm not sure how much overhead it would add to manage the instance weights manually. Auto Scaling in option A seems like the cleanest solution if we can set it up properly.