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Welchol, Cholestagel(colesevelam hydrochloride)
Cholestagel, Colesevelam, Welchol (colesevelam hydrochloride) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Colesevelam hydrochloride was first approved as Welchol on 2000-05-26. It is used to treat coronary artery disease, diarrhea, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipoproteinemias, and hypertriglyceridemia amongst others in the USA. It has been approved in Europe to treat hypercholesterolemia.
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infectionsD007239
digestive system diseasesD004066
cardiovascular diseasesD002318
nutritional and metabolic diseasesD009750
endocrine system diseasesD004700
signs and symptoms pathological conditionsD013568
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Welchol (generic drugs available since 2018-05-16)
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Colesevelam hydrochloride
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WELCHOLCosette Pharmaceuticals N-021176 RX2000-05-26
1 products, RLD, RS
WELCHOLCosette Pharmaceuticals N-022362 RX2009-10-02
1 products, RLD, RS
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colesevelamANDA2023-09-16
colesevelam hclANDA2024-02-02
colesevelam hydrochlorideANDA2024-01-09
welcholNew Drug Application2022-09-07
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COLESEVELAM HYDROCHLORIDE, WELCHOL, COSETTE
2024-10-20M-232
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C: Cardiovascular system drugs
— C10: Lipid modifying agents
— C10A: Lipid modifying agents, plain
— C10AC: Bile acid sequestrants
— C10AC04: Colesevelam
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60 clinical trials
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Indications Phases 4
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Type 2 diabetes mellitusD003924EFO_0001360E11—394318
HypercholesterolemiaD006937HP_0003124——116—8
HyperlipidemiasD006949HP_0003077E78.5——1214
DyslipidemiasD050171HP_0003119————224
ObesityD009765EFO_0001073E66.9———213
Irritable bowel syndromeD043183EFO_0000555K58—2—1—3
Healthy volunteers/patients———2——1—3
HyperglycemiaD006943HP_0003074R73.9———1—1
Crohn diseaseD003424EFO_0000384K50———1—1
Familial combined hyperlipidemiaD006950EFO_0000492E78.49———1—1
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Indications Phases 3
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Gastroesophageal refluxD005764EFO_0003948K21—22——4
Fecal incontinenceD005242—R15——1——1
Prediabetic stateD011236EFO_1001121R73.03——1——1
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DiarrheaD003967HP_0002014R19.7—2——13
Multiple myelomaD009101—C90.0—2———2
Non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseD065626EFO_0003095K75.81—1———1
Breast neoplasmsD001943EFO_0003869C50—1———1
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AdenocarcinomaD000230——————11
Type 1 diabetes mellitusD003922EFO_0001359E10————11
Glucose intoleranceD018149HP_0000833R73.03————11
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Drug common nameColesevelam hydrochloride
INNcolesevelam
Description
Colesevelam is a bile acid sequestrant administered orally. It was developed by GelTex Pharmaceuticals and later acquired by Genzyme. It is marketed in the U.S. by Daiichi Sankyo under the brand name Welchol and elsewhere by Genzyme as Cholestagel. In Canada it is marketed by Valeant as Lodalis.
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CAS-ID182815-43-6
RxCUI141626
ChEMBL IDCHEMBL1201473
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PubChem CID160051
DrugBankDB00930
UNII ID1XU104G55N (ChemIDplus, GSRS)
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Colesevelam hydrochloride
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Colesevelam
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