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Can you take antibiotics if using questran (cholestyramine)?
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No: Can interfere with absorption of antibiotics due to associated diarrhea as side-effect.
Answered 7/21/2012
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Questran (cholestyramine): Some antibiotics are not well absorbed if taken at the same time as questran (cholestyramine). Try taking the antibiotic at a different time of day than the questran (cholestyramine).
Answered 12/9/2016
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