Cholestyramine
- Generic Name
- Cholestyramine
- Brand Names
- Prevalite, Questran
- Drug Type
- Small Molecule
- Chemical Formula
- -
- CAS Number
- 11041-12-6
- Unique Ingredient Identifier
- 4B33BGI082
- Background
Cholestyramine or colestyramine is a bile acid sequestrant. Bile acid sequestrants are polymeric compounds which serve as ion exchange resins. Cholestyramine resin is quite hydrophilic, but insoluble in water.
- Indication
Indicated as adjunctive therapy to diet for the reduction of elevated serum cholesterol in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia (elevated low density lipoprotein [LDL] cholesterol) who do not respond adequately to diet. Also for the relief of pruritus associated with partial biliary obstruction.
- Associated Conditions
- Atherosclerosis, Primary Hypercholesterolemia, Pruritus
- Associated Therapies
- -
Harvard Atherosclerosis Reversibility Project (HARP)
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
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