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Revision as of 20:30, 18 January 2011 editNono64 (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers96,246 editsm Low-density lipoprotein← Previous edit Latest revision as of 20:03, 25 December 2024 edit undoArthurfragoso (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users2,080 edits Niacin -> Nicotinic acid, as it is the international nonproprietary name, as per MEDMOS. Also included european brand namesTag: ProveIt edit 
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{{Short description|Chemical compound}}
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| IUPAC_name = (-)-indol-3-yl]acetic acid
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| drug_name = nicotinic acid / laropiprant
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| tradename = Cordaptive, Tredaptive, Trevaclyn, Pelzont<ref name="EMA-Suspend">{{Cite news |date=2013-12-02 |title=Tredaptive, Pelzont and Trevaclyn - referral | publisher=European Medicines Agency (EMA) |url=https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/referrals/tredaptive-pelzont-trevaclyn |access-date=2024-12-25 |language=en}}</ref>
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| USAN = niacin/laropiprant
| molecular_weight = 435.90 g/mol
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| synonyms = MK-0524A
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| ChEMBL = 426559
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{{Drugbox
'''Laropiprant''' (]) is used in combination with ] to reduce blood cholesterol (] and ]). ] planned to market this combination under the trade names '''Cordaptive''' and '''Tredaptive'''. On April 28, 2008, the ] (FDA) issued a "not approved" letter for Cordaptive.<ref>
| drug_name =
{{cite news
| Verifiedfields = changed
| title = FDA Rejects Merck's Cordaptive
| verifiedrevid = 408651073
| url = http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/apr2008/db20080429_182260.htm
| IUPAC_name = (−)-indol-3-yl]acetic acid
| date = April 29, 2008
| image = Laropiprant.svg
| accessdate= 2009-11-13
| work = ]
| last = Carey
| first= John
}}</ref> Tredaptive was approved by the ] (EMA) on July 3, 2008.<ref>
{{cite web
| url= http://www.emea.europa.eu/humandocs/Humans/EPAR/tredaptive/tredaptive.htm
| title= Tredaptive European Public Assessment Report
| publisher=]
| accessdate=November 13, 2009
}}</ref>


<!-- Clinical data -->
Laropiprant itself has no cholesterol lowering effect, but it reduces facial ] induced by niacin. In a trial with 1613 patients, 10.2% patients stopped taking the medication in the Cordaptive group versus 22.2% under niacin monotherapy.<ref>
| Drugs.com = {{drugs.com|international|laropiprant}}
{{cite journal
| legal_status = Withdrawn
| author = Lai E, De Lepeleire I, Crumley TM, ''et al.''
| title = Suppression of niacin-induced vasodilation with an antagonist to prostaglandin D2 receptor subtype 1
| journal = Clin. Pharmacol. Ther.
| volume = 81
| issue = 6
| pages = 849–57
| year = 2007
| month = June
| pmid = 17392721
| doi = 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100180
| accessdate = 2009-11-14
}}</ref>


<!--Pharmacokinetic data-->
Tredaptive contains 1000&nbsp;mg of niacin and 20&nbsp;mg of laropiprant in each tablet.<ref name="Tredaptive_pi">
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| url = http://www.merck.com/newsroom/pdf/Tredaptive_pi.pdf
| format = PDF | metabolism =
| elimination_half-life =
| title = Tredaptive Prescribing Information
| excretion =
| publisher = ]

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| UNII = G7N11T8O78
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| KEGG = D08940
| ChEMBL_Ref = {{ebicite|changed|EBI}}
| ChEMBL = 426559
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| synonyms = MK-0524A

<!--Chemical data-->
| chemical_formula =
| C=21 | H=19 | Cl=1 | F=1 | N=1 | O=4 | S=1
| smiles = O=S(=O)(c1cc(F)cc2c1n(c3c2CC3CC(=O)O)Cc4ccc(Cl)cc4)C
| StdInChI = 1S/C21H19ClFNO4S/c1-29(27,28)18-10-15(23)9-17-16-7-4-13(8-19(25)26)20(16)24(21(17)18)11-12-2-5-14(22)6-3-12/h2-3,5-6,9-10,13H,4,7-8,11H2,1H3,(H,25,26)/t13-/m1/s1
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'''Laropiprant''' (]) was a drug used in combination with ] to reduce blood cholesterol (] and ]) that is no longer sold, due to increases in side-effects with no cardiovascular benefit. Laropiprant itself has no cholesterol lowering effect, but it reduces facial ] induced by nicotinic acid.

] planned to market this combination under the trade names '''Cordaptive''' in the US and '''Tredaptive''' in Europe. Both brands contained 1000&nbsp;mg of nicotinic acid (niacin) and 20&nbsp;mg of laropiprant in each tablet.<ref name="Tredaptive_pi">{{cite web | url = http://www.merck.com/newsroom/pdf/Tredaptive_pi.pdf | title = Tredaptive Prescribing Information | publisher = ] | access-date = 2009-11-14 }}</ref>


==Mechanism of action== ==Mechanism of action==
Niacin in cholesterol lowering doses (500–2000&nbsp;mg per day) causes facial flushes by stimulating biosynthesis of ] D<sub>2</sub>, especially in the skin. PG D<sub>2</sub> acts as a ] via ], increasing blood flow and thus leading to flushes.<ref name="Tredaptive_pi" /><ref>{{pmid|19878384}}</ref> Nicotinic acid in cholesterol lowering doses (500–2000&nbsp;mg per day) causes facial flushes by stimulating biosynthesis of ] (PGD<sub>2</sub>), especially in the skin. PGD<sub>2</sub> ] via activation of the ] subtype ], increasing blood flow and thus leading to flushes.<ref name="Tredaptive_pi" /><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sood A, Arora R | title = Mechanisms of flushing due to niacin and abolition of these effects | journal = Journal of Clinical Hypertension | volume = 11 | issue = 11 | pages = 685–689 | date = November 2009 | pmid = 19878384 | pmc = 8673406 | doi = 10.1111/j.1559-4572.2008.00050.x | s2cid = 32102745 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Laropiprant acts as a selective DP<sub>1</sub> ] to inhibit the vasodilation of prostaglandin D<sub>2</sub>-induced activation of DP<sub>1</sub>.<ref name="Tredaptive_pi" />


Taking 325&nbsp;mg of ] 20–30 minutes prior to taking nicotinic acid has also been proven to prevent flushing in 90% of patients, presumably by suppressing prostaglandin synthesis,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kunin RA | url = http://www.orthomolecular.org/library/jom/1976/pdf/1976-v05n02-p089.pdf | title = The Action of Aspirin in Preventing the Niacin Flush and its Relevance to the Antischizophrenic Action of Megadose Niacin | journal = Orthomolecular Psychiatry | volume = 5 | issue = 2 | year = 1976 | pages = 89–100 | access-date = 2009-11-14 }}</ref> but this medication also increases the risk of ],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sørensen HT, Mellemkjaer L, Blot WJ, Nielsen GL, Steffensen FH, McLaughlin JK, Olsen JH | title = Risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding associated with use of low-dose aspirin | journal = The American Journal of Gastroenterology | volume = 95 | issue = 9 | pages = 2218–2224 | date = September 2000 | pmid = 11007221 | doi = 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2000.02248.x | s2cid = 33742424 }}</ref> though the increased risk is less than 1 percent.<ref>{{cite news | vauthors = Paddock C |title=For Healthy People Daily Aspirin May Do More Harm Than Good| url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/162385.php|publisher=Medical News Today|date=31 August 2009}}</ref>
Laropiprant acts as a DP<sub>1</sub> antagonist, reducing the vasodilation.<ref name="Tredaptive_pi" />


==History==
Taking 650&nbsp;mg of ] 20–30 minutes prior to taking niacin has also been proven to prevent flushing in 90% of patients, presumably by suppressing prostaglandin synthesis,<ref>
In the mid-2000s, in a trial with 1613 patients, 10.2% patients stopped taking the medication in the combination drug group versus 22.2% under nicotinic acid monotherapy.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lai E, De Lepeleire I, Crumley TM, Liu F, Wenning LA, Michiels N, Vets E, O'Neill G, Wagner JA, Gottesdiener K | display-authors = 6 | title = Suppression of niacin-induced vasodilation with an antagonist to prostaglandin D2 receptor subtype 1 | journal = Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | volume = 81 | issue = 6 | pages = 849–857 | date = June 2007 | pmid = 17392721 | doi = 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100180 | s2cid = 2126240 }}</ref>
{{cite journal
| author = Richard A. Kunin
| url = http://www.orthomolecular.org/library/jom/1976/pdf/1976-v05n02-p089.pdf
| title = The Action of Aspirin in Preventing the Niacin Flush and its Relevance to the Antischizophrenic Action of Megadose Niacin
| journal = Orthomolecular Psychiatry
| volume = 5
| issue = 2
| year = 1976
| pages = 89–100
| format = PDF
| accessdate = 2009-11-14
}}</ref> but this medication also increases the risk of ],<ref>
{{cite journal
| author = Sørensen HT, Mellemkjaer L, Blot WJ, ''et al.''
| title = Risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding associated with use of low-dose aspirin
| journal = Am. J. Gastroenterol.
| volume = 95
| issue = 9
| pages = 2218–24
| year = 2000
| month = September
| pmid = 11007221
| doi = 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2000.02248.x
| accessdate = 2009-11-14
}}</ref> though the increased risk is less than 1 percent.<ref>{{Dead link|date=November 2009}}</ref>


On April 28, 2008, the ] (FDA) issued a "not approved" letter for Cordaptive.<ref>{{cite news | title = FDA Rejects Merck's Cordaptive | url = http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/apr2008/db20080429_182260.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080502170658/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/apr2008/db20080429_182260.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 2, 2008 | date = April 29, 2008 | access-date= 2009-11-13 | work = ] | vauthors = Carey J
==References==
}}</ref> Tredaptive was approved by the ] (EMA) on July 3, 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/EPAR_-_Public_assessment_report/human/000889/WC500042219.pdf | title= Tredaptive European Public Assessment Report | publisher=] | access-date=November 13, 2009 }}</ref>
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On January 11, 2013, Merck & Co Inc. announced they were withdrawing the drug worldwide as a result of European regulators recommendations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Merck withdraws cholesterol drug Tredaptive globally|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/11/us-merck-cholesteroldrug-withdrawal-idUSBRE90A0MB20130111?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews|publisher=Reuters|access-date=11 January 2013|date=January 11, 2013}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The Heart Protection Study 2-Treatment of HDL to Reduce the Incidence of Vascular Events (HPS2-THRIVE) involved more than 25,000 adults. The treatment group received 2 g of extended-release nicotinic acid and 40&nbsp;mg of laropiprant daily. Study results, reported in July 2014, showed that the combination of nicotinic acid and laropiprant did not have any beneficial effects when compared with a ] treatment and had an increase in adverse effects.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Landray MJ, Haynes R, Hopewell JC, Parish S, Aung T, Tomson J, Wallendszus K, Craig M, Jiang L, Collins R, Armitage J | display-authors = 6 | title = Effects of extended-release niacin with laropiprant in high-risk patients | journal = The New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 371 | issue = 3 | pages = 203–212 | date = July 2014 | pmid = 25014686 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa1300955 | s2cid = 23548060 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

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