colestipol

/ kəˈlɛstɪˌpɒl /

noun

1. a drug that reduces the concentration of cholesterol in the blood: used, together with dietary restriction of cholesterol, to treat selected patients with hypercholesterolaemia and so prevent atherosclerosis

Example Sentences

Medications in this class—cholestyramine, colestipol, and colesevelam—come in pill or powder form.

From US News

Medications in this class—cholestyramine, colestipol, and colesevelam—come in pill or powder form.

From US News

Blankenhorn placed half of them on a diet containing 22% fat and gave them colestipol and large doses of niacin, both standard cholesterol-reducing drugs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Brown divided his subjects into three groups, one taking niacin and colestipol, the second receiving colestipol and another cholesterol reducer, lovastatin.

From Time Magazine Archive

If cholesterol cannot be reduced with diet alone, the panel directed, physicians should prescribe such drugs as cholestyramine and colestipol, which act in the intestines and cause the body to utilize excess cholesterol.

From Time Magazine Archive