Cruelest of all are the people who tell you not to scratch. They have a point, I admit. Scratching spurs cells in your immune ...

So, if you’re taking cholestyramine, you’ll need to space it out from the other drugs you’re taking for your PBC. If it doesn’t work for you, your doctor may try something else for the ...

Taking certain medications—like laxatives, cholesterol-lowering drugs (colestipol, cholestyramine, or statins), steroids, or seizure medication—can also increase your risk. Beyond that ...

In lipid-lowering trials, bile acid sequestrants, such as colesevelam, cholestyramine, colestipol, and colestimide, at maximum dose, lower LDL-C by 15–21%, and raise HDL-C by 3–9% and TG by 2 ...

Caps: cholestyramine or mineral oil may impair absorption; separate dosing by ≥1hr before or 4–6hrs after. Increased risk of hypercalcemia with concomitant calcium-containing products (at high ...

Avoid antacids, sucralfate, cholestyramine. Serum levels increased by probenecid. May potentiate protein-bound drugs (eg, phenytoin, sulfonylureas, sulfonamides). May interfere with 5HIAA urinary ...