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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...
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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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constipation may
occur with anion-exchange resins.
Cholestyramine may
affect absorption of UDCA; if
cholestyramine is necessary, it
should be
taken at
least 60...
- plasma,
however its use in
treating acute episodes is controversial.
Cholestyramine is an
orally administered resin which reduces circulating levels of...
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diarrhea (type 3). This can be
treated with a bile acid
sequestrant like
cholestyramine,
colestipol or colesevelam,
which may be
better tolerated. Symptoms...
- cholesterol-lowering
medications such as:
fenofibrate (Tricor),
gemfibrozil (Lopid),
cholestyramine (Questran,
Questran Light, Cholybar), and
niacin (nicotinic acid, Niacor...
- take
cefalexin with dofetilide, live
Cholera vaccine, warfarin, and
cholestyramine.
Alcohol consumption reduces the rate at
which it is absorbed. Cefalexin...
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utilization of
cholesterol to
replace lost bile acids.
Resins include cholestyramine, colestipol, and colesevalem, and they all
decrease LDL-C
while increasing...
