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Familial hypertriacylglycerolemia (type IV) Overproduction of VLDL often associated with glucose intolerance and hyperinsulinemia. Cholesterol levels rise with the VLDL concentration. LDL and HDL tend to be subnormal. This type of pattern is commonly associated with coronary heart disease, type II diabetes mellitus, obesity, alcoholism, and administration of progestational hormones. 

Like sertraline, these two drugs are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Fluoxetine is prescribed for depression, bulimic binge-eating and vomiting, obsessive-compulsive disorder, obesity, alcoholism, and anorexia among other ailments. Paroxetine is used for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Interestingly the three top antidepressants are chemically unrelated to each other, except for being amines, and are unrelated to earlier tricyclic antidepressants. 

A. The NRTIs can produce a potentially fatal syndrome of lactic acidosis and severe hepatomegaly with hepatic steatosis. Risk factors associated with the development of this syndrome include female sex, obesity, alcoholism, and prolonged exposure to NRTIs. Peripheral neuropathy is a common side effect of some NRTIs (e.g., stavudine., didanosine, and zalcitabine) but not associated with these risk factors. Stevens-Johnson syndrome is rarely associated with NNRTIs, such as nevirapine, and not with these risk factors. Hyperuricemia is not associated with these risk factors. Hypersensitivity reaction may oc-... 

Frequently associated with type 11 non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, obesity, alcoholism and administration of progestational hormones elevated cholesterol as a result of increased VLDLs Hypertriacylglycerolaemia and hypercholesterolaemia with decreased LDLs and HDLs... 

Thiele TE, Navarro M, Sparta DR, et al Alcoholism and obesity overlapping neuropeptide pathways Neuropeptides 37 321-337, 2003... 

Dietary recommendations designed to rednce cancer risk are to eat abalanced diet containing frnit, vegetables and fibre (to provide colonic bacteria with fnel to prodnce short-chain fatty acids which may regnlate colonocyte proliferation) with limited alcohol and fat (in particnlar to avoid obesity). 

Primary increases of VLDL also reflect a genetic predisposition and are worsened by factors that increase the rate of VLDL secretion from liver, ie, obesity, alcohol, diabetes, and estrogens. Treatment includes addressing these issues and the use of fibrates or niacin as needed. Marine omega-3 fatty acids are a valuable adjuvant. 

This is a relatively common disease. It has few clinical manifestations other than accelerated ischemic heart disease. Patients with this disorder are frequently obese, diabetic, and hyperuricemic. Also seen in individuals undergoing estrogen therapy, or are in their third trimester of pregnancy, or are alcoholic. 

Other risk groups are various stress groups since ascorbate fulfills a function in the biosynthesis of corticosteroids and other hormones. Such studies are planned but because of the nature of the experimental setup, they are not easily carried out. Other groups of potential interest are alcoholics, obese people, and certain diseased or injured patients where the metabolic handling of ascorbate may be widely different from that of normal humans. 

Type TV hyperlipoproteinemia is common and occurs in adulthood primarily in patients who are obese, diabetic, and hyperuricemic and do not have xanthomas. It may be secondary to alcohol ingestion and can be aggravated by stress, progestins, oral contraceptives, thiazides, or 8-blockers. Two genetic patterns occur in type IV hyperlipoproteinemia familial hypertriglyceridemia, which does not carry a great risk for premature CAD, and familial combined hyperlipidemia, which is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. 

Fatty Liven The buildup of fat in hver cells. The most common cause is alcoholism. Other causes include obesity, diabetes, and pregnancy. Also called steatosis. [NIH]... 

Here the biotransformation (Fig. 19-6) is preferred over the chemical reduction with commercially available asymmetric catalysts (BH3- or noble-metal-based), since with the chemocatalysts the desired high enantiomeric excess (ee > 98%, 99.8% after purification) is not achievable. Since the ketone has only a very low solubility in the aqueous phase, 1 kg ketone is added as solution in 4 L 0.9 M H2SO4 to the bioreactor. The bioreduction is essentially carried out in a two-phase system, consisting of the aqueous phase and small droplets made up of substrate and product. The downstream processing consists of multiple extraction steps with methyl ethyl ketone and precipitation induced by pH titration of the pyridine functional group (pfCa = 4.66) with NaOH. The (R)-amino alcohol is an important intermediate for the synthesis of (1-3-agonists that can be used for obesity therapy and to decrease the level of associated type II diabetes, coronary artery disease and hypertension. 

Low testosterone concentrations frequently are seen in patients with ED, aging, type II diabetes, HIV/AIDS, osteoporosis, depression, obesity, alcohol abuse, anabolic steroid abuse, chronic inflammatory disease, cancer, and glucocorticoid use. 

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