cholestyramine in Crohn's disease

Last reviewed 01/2018

Treatment-resistant diarrhoea in Crohn's disease may be due to bile salt malabsorption. Cholestyramine may be helpful. Care must be taken to avoid taking cholestyramine at the same time as other medication, the absorption of which may be impaired.

Ref: Prescribers' Journal (1997), 37(4), 232-42