Colestipol Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Colestipol Suspension, Colestid Flavored
What is Colestipol?
Colestipol is a cholesterol-lowering drug. It is used as an adjunct in the management of primary hypercholesterolemia; regression of arteriolosclerosis; relief of pruritus associated with elevated levels of bile acids; and possibly to decrease plasma half-life of digoxin in cases of toxicity.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 1 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bowel problems | 1 |
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Patient Evaluations
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- LSK
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: mild
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- LSK
- 4 g daily
- since Aug 20, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Bowel problems
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Side Effects
None
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Report created on November 23, 2009.