Colestyramine
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colestyramine-184-8124644
title:
Colestyramine
text:
Colestyramine (INN) or cholestyramine (USAN) is a bile acid sequestrant, which binds bile in the gastrointestinal tract to prevent its reabsorption. It is a strong ion exchange resin, which means it can exchange its chloride anions with anionic bile acids in the gastrointestinal tract and bind them strongly in the resin matrix. The functional group of the anion exchange resin is a quaternary ammonium group attached to an inert styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer. Colestyramine removes bile acids fr
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Pharmaceutical drug
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colestyramine
date created:
2005-04-25T02:55:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T14:49:21Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Cholestyramine_resin.png","width":1099,"height":625}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16