Cholestyramine Questions

I am taking Cholestyramine Oral Suspension. Do I take it BEFORE or AFTER meals?

Posted 21 Mar 2013 • 1 answer •

Cholestyramine - Has anyone been switched to Carafate due to the severe constipation issues?

I started taking my Questran 1/2 packet at lunch time instead of dividing it in threes as I was doing, this was after my doctor's appt. on Wednesday this week, well I got two days of it in and ...

Posted 9 Mar 2013 • 0 answers •

Cholestyramine -has made me constipated, can I divide a sachet into 3 doses, will this help?

I was just prescribed this after my upper gi endoscopy/with ultrasound showed excess bile in my stomach, I had my gall bladder out in April 2012 and had a great recovery from it and thought my ...

Posted 4 Mar 2013 • 1 answer •

Cholestyramine - is 78 year old woman safe to take cholestramine?

i read the side affects for this drug.sounds unsafe to take

Posted 15 Feb 2013 • 0 answers •

Diabetes, Type 2 - will cholestyramine cause feet swelling?

Posted 20 May 2012 • 1 answer •

Can Cholestyramine be used as an add in losing weight?

Posted 28 Mar 2012 • 1 answer •

Cholestyramine - IBS vacillates between constipation and diarrhea?

Because of IBS associated with Fibromyalgia, WITHOUT this drug, I vacillate between constipation and diarrhea. Yet this drug is not prescribed to me as a PRN. It is prescribed as a once a day drug. ...

Posted 31 Jan 2012 • 1 answer •

Birth control absorption while taking cholestyramine?

if birth control pills are taken while on cholestyramine, will they be as effective if they are taken 4 or more hours after the last dose of perscribed cholestyramine?

Posted 7 Dec 2011 • 1 answer •

Does anyone have a formula for cholestyramine light 4 gm/5 gm powder without aspartame?

I am a compounding pharmacist and need to put this together for a patient allergic to aspartame.

Posted 26 Aug 2011 • 0 answers •

Cholestyramine - My husband had two large tumors extracted from his abdomen two months ago. He lost?

... about half of his large and small intestine and has three resections. He is suffering from ongoing diarreha. He takes one 4 g packet/ day, which seems to help a bit with the loose stools and ...

Posted 30 Jun 2011 • 0 answers •

Has anyone been prescribed cholestyramine to treat diabetes II?

I don't want to take Januvia so my doctor prescribed cholestyramine. Is anyone else taking this for diabetes II?

Posted 3 Jun 2011 • 1 answer •

What is the difference between Cholestyramine and Cholestyramine Light?

My new prescription provider only covers Cholestyramine Light but I have been using Cholestyramine powder for many years.

Posted 28 Apr 2011 • 2 answers •

Does anyone have bad cramping with cholestromine?

I have had a bowel resection for crohns and my gall bladder removed, the cholestromine has helped alot, but i have been having bad cramping, is this normal?

Posted 4 Mar 2011 • 1 answer •

I have had rectal cancer, because of the surgery I now have constant loose stools?

I also have crohn's, is cholestyramine effective in helping slow bowl movements and is is safe to take with crohn's? How much should I take a day 64 year old active woman weigh 110 lbs.

Posted 9 Sep 2010 • 1 answer •

How long does it take for Questran to have an effect?

I've been taking it a week, nothing's changed?

Posted 26 Aug 2010 • 1 answer •