#colesevelam

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Colesevelam

NAMES -- Welchol

CLASS -- lipid-lowering agent -- bile acid sequestrant

USE -- management of primary hypercholesterolemia -- treatment of pruritis associated with elevated levels of bile acid

ACTION -- binds bile acids in the gastrointestinal tract -- forms an insoluble complex -- liver must use more cholesterol to make more bile acids -- results in increased cholesterol clearance

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(via Bile Acid Sequestrants - Cholestyramine, Colestipol and Colesevelam)