Cholestyramine is a cholesterol-controlled drug known commercially as Questran Light.
This oral medicine acts on the gut by converting cholesterol into bile acids, which reduces the concentration of fat in the blood.
- High cholesterol levels; itching (associated with the absorption of bile) diarrhea (due to poor absorption of bile acids).
The box of 4 g of cholestyramine with 10 envelopes costs about 57 reais.
Dizziness; Skull pain; dizziness; constipation abdominal pain; hardened faeces; nausea rash deficiency of vitamin A, D, E and K due to a decrease in absorption.
Risk of pregnancy C; breastfeeding women; patients with biliary obstruction; Hypersensitivity to one of the components of the formula.
Orally
adults