Hyperchloremic Metabolic Acidosis due to Cholestyramine: A Case Report and Literature Review

Cholestyramine is a bile acid sequestrant that has been used in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, pruritus due to elevated bile acid levels, and diarrhea due to bile acid malabsorption. This medication can rarely cause hyperchloremic nonanion gap metabolic acidosis, a complication featured in t...

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Main Authors: Fareed B. Kamar, Rory F. McQuillan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/309791
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