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'''''For patient information about Colesevelam, click [[Colesevelam (patient information)|here]].'''''
===''Colesevelam hydrochloride''===


{{SB}} Welchol<sup>®</sup>
* [[Welchol]]


==Overview==
==Overview==
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Bile acid sequestrant
Bile acid sequestrant
==Prescribing Information==
===''Colesevelam hydrochloride''===
* [[Welchol]]


{{Lipid modifying agents}}
{{Lipid modifying agents}}

Revision as of 16:52, 26 March 2014

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sheng Shi, M.D. [2]

Colesevelam hydrochloride

Overview

Colesevelam is a bile acid sequestrant administered orally. It is developed by Genzyme and marketed in the US by Daiichi Sankyo under the brand name Welchol and elsewhere by Genzyme as Cholestagel. In Canada it is marketed by Valeant as Lodalis.

Category

Bile acid sequestrant

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