It is used along with a low cholesterol/low-fat diet and exercise to help lower cholesterol in the blood. Ezetimibe may be used alone or with other drugs (such as “statins” or fibrates).

It can cause diarrhea, upper respiratory infection, fatigue, influenza, and pain in extremity

It is contraindicated in documented hypersensitivity and Coadministration with a statin in the presence of active liver disease or persistent, unexplained elevations of hepatic transaminase levels