Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Here's some info off the PSC lit site... http://www.psc-literature.org/PSCMedications.pdf To: Sent: Monday, February 2, 2009 9:28:02 PMSubject: Re: itching/Cholestymine Cholestymine is the only thing that stops my itching. good luck From: Lee Grilley <leegrilley (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>Subject: itching/Cholestymin eTo: @ yahoogroups. comDate: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 12:26 AM I doc has just givening me an RX for Cholestymine in power form. I believe that there was some talk about theis med about a year ago. Can anyone help me on the yays or nays about this drug.I have been having trouble with itching for about 5 months now and I have sot of scabs to prove it.Lee G Seattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 thank you Tim, how did you get over the itching? Subject: Re: itching/CholestymineTo: Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 3:39 PM > ... helps to stop the itching, BUT check the ingredients and seeif it contains the sweetner "aspertame", ... Aspertame is one of themost dangerous sugar subs. ...You can get cholestyramine (Questran) without the aspertame, but thenyou get more sugar.Cholestyramine is sold under a number of brand names, includingCholestyramine, Cholestyramine Light, Locholest, Locholest Light,Prevalite, Questran and Questran Light. The Light/lite versionscontain sugar substitutes (usually aspertame), while the "regular"formulations contain more sucrose. In the case of CholestyraminePowder there is 3.8g of sucrose (about 15 cal) in a scoop (9g) ofpowder (4g of anhydrous cholestyramine resin - the active ingredient).Cholestyramine Light has much less sucrose, 0.7g (2.7 cal) per scoop,so those avoiding sugar opt for that formulation. Other brands mayvary the ratios of inert ingredients, but I believe they all aresimilar to Cholestyramine Powder and Cholestyramine Light.I do not like the aftertaste of artificial sweeteners so after oncegetting the light version, I always made sure that future orders werefor the regular version.Tim R, who hope never to have to take cholestyramine again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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