How do you manage severe hypertriglyceridemia in the adolescent & young adult population receiving chemotherapy for ALL, in the absence of complications related to hypertriglyceridemia?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Not sure what the adults do but in the pediatric/AYA population, I stop the drugs most likely to cause this - often a combination of steroids and asparaginase, consult one of our cardiologists who has a major interest in hyperlipidemia and in the asymptomatic patient, he almost always cautions again...
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What medications do you use to take down the level...
I have used fenofibrate and omega 3 in cases like ...