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Locholest
Information, Symptoms, Treatments and Resources
What is Locholest?
Prevalite 4 gram Oral Packet
Drug Name: CHOLESTYRAMINE - ORAL
Other Brand Names: Prevalite, Questran
Uses: Cholestyramine is used along with a proper diet to lower cholesterol in the blood. Lowering cholesterol helps decrease the risk for strokes and heart attacks. In addition to a proper diet (such as a low-cholesterol/low-fat diet), other lifestyle changes that may help this medication work better include exercising, losing weight if overweight, and stopping smoking. Consult your doctor for more details. Cholestyramine may also be used to treat itching in people with too much bile acid caused by a certain type of liver/bile duct disease (partial biliary obstruction). This medication is known as a bile acid-binding resin. It works by removing bile acid from the body. In people with high cholesterol, this causes the liver to make more bile acid by using cholesterol in the blood. This helps to lower the cholesterol levels.
Posts on Locholest (13)
I had a adverse drug reaction to lipitor. very bad muscle pain and stiffness could hardly w...
Posted By Joanne h on October 20, 1999 at 19:34:20
Topic Area: Diarrhea
Can someone pls h...
About a year ago I became ill. After tests (most were borderline) my doc decided to remove ...
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I've researched "excess bile" since June 2000 w...
High cholesterol runs in my family so even with diet and exercise my numbers are still a li...
Posted By Joanne h on October 20, 1999 at 19:34:20
Topic Area: Diarrhea
Can someone pls h...
My wife has been suffering from chronic diarrhea and vomiting for three weeks. She has ...
My wife has been suffering from chronic diarrhea and vomiting for three weeks. She has...
Posted By Chuck on June 03, 1998 at 22:27:01:
My wife has been suffering fro...
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