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What is Cholestyramine?

Cholestyramine is used in the management of primary hypercholesterolemia. It is also used for pruritus associated with elevated levels of bile acids; diarrhea associated with excess fecal bile acids; binding toxicologic agents; pseudomembraneous colitis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) 12 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Bowel irritability 4 1 Efficacy_moderate
Diarrhea 4 2 Efficacy_major
Bowel problems 3 1 Efficacy_major
Other 2 0
Don't know 1 0

See all 19 patients currently taking Cholestyramine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 4

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Cholestyramine

Constipation 1
Headaches 1
Abdominal pain 1
Itchy rash 1
Gas 1
Jarisch-Herxeimer reaction 1

Reported Dosages

  4g/5g as needed 4 g/9 g daily 4 g/5 g daily 4 g/9 g daily 7 tps. daily 2 x 4 g/5 g daily 3 x 4 g/5 g daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cholestyramine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 33%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 28%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 28%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 17%
Other 2   Other: 11%

See all 15 patients who’ve stopped taking Cholestyramine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Cholestyramine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Cholestyramine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Cholestyramine

Always
 4 57%
Usually
 1 14%
Sometimes
 2 29%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cholestyramine

Very
 3 43%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 29%
Not at all
 2 29%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cholestyramine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 3 100%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.