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Is Colestipol An Alternative Of Cholestyramine?
I am taking Cholestyramine because of having had gall bladder surgery. It is horrible in taste. Would taking Colestipol be the same as taking the other. My stool is very soft almost loose. My family dr. says there is no pill for for Cholestyramine. I am taking it with juice.
Thu, 31 May 2018
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Both are bile acid sequestrants and work in the gut by trapping bile acids preventing them from being reabsorbed. Colestipol works on LDL specifically.
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Both are bile acid sequestrants and work in the gut by trapping bile acids preventing them from being reabsorbed. Colestipol works on LDL specifically.
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