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Colestyramine (INN) or
cholestyramine (USAN) (trade
names Questran,
Questran Light, Cholybar, Olestyr) is a bile acid sequestrant,
which binds bile in...
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sequestrants are the prin****l
therapy for bile acid-induced diarrhea.
Cholestyramine,
colestipol and
colesevelam have all been used.
Doses may not need to...
- mesalazine/mesalamine (alone or in
combination with
cholestyramine),
systemic corticosteroids,
cholestyramine, immunomodulators, and
probiotics have
shown to...
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volume and frequency, and in the
treatment of
chronic diarrhea. Like
cholestyramine,
colestipol works in the gut by
trapping bile
acids and
preventing them...
- hypercholesterolemia.
Cholestyramine is a
strongly basic ion-exchange
resin and is also used to
treat hypercholesterolemia.
Colestipol and
cholestyramine are known...
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interfering with the
enterohepatic circulation and
thyroid hormone recycling.
Cholestyramine use is
usually reserved for
patients who are
intolerant of the other...
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constipation may
occur with anion-exchange resins.
Cholestyramine may
affect absorption of UDCA; if
cholestyramine is necessary, it
should be
taken at
least 60...
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sequestrants are the main
agents used to
treat bile acid malabsorption.
Cholestyramine and colestipol, both in
powder form, have been used for many years....
- cholesterol-lowering
medications such as:
fenofibrate (Tricor),
gemfibrozil (Lopid),
cholestyramine (Questran,
Questran Light, Cholybar), and
niacin (nicotinic acid, Niacor...
- plasma,
however its use in
treating acute episodes is controversial.
Cholestyramine is an
orally administered resin which reduces circulating levels of...
