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cholestyramine

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cho·le·styr·a·mine  (kl-stîr-mn, k-lst-rmn)
n.
A drug used to lower serum cholesterol levels and treat itching associated with jaundice through its ability to bind intestinal bile acids and promote their excretion.
[chole(sterol) + styr(ene) + amine.]


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Cholestyramine protection against ochratoxin A toxicity: role of ochratoxin A sorption by the resin and bile acid enterohepatic circulation.
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Although he initially suspected the drug was removing the toxin from the animals' blood, subsequent tests showed that blood brevetoxin was just as high in animals that received cholestyramine as in those that didn't.
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