Fibrate

Fibrates
Drug class
Fenofibrate, one of the most popular fibrates
Class identifiers
Use	hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolaemia
ATC code	C10AB
Biological target	PPAR
Clinical data
WebMD	MedicineNet
External links
MeSH	D058607
Legal status
In Wikidata

In pharmacology, the fibrates are a class of amphipathic carboxylic acids and esters. They are derivatives of fibric acid (phenoxyisobutyric acid). They are used for a range of metabolic disorders, mainly hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol), and are therefore hypolipidemic agents.