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Reviewer: squirt, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I just had this prescribed. I don't handle sugar well though. Does anyone know how much sugar is in the regular fomula, or should I just return it and get the light that has nutrasweet in it?
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Reviewer: bern4921, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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easy to take, painless ,effective for the problem i have ,better for me to take with cold water ,not juice due to side effect of uncontrollable flatus from the sugar in the juice.
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Reviewer: Cheryl57, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I was having chronic diarrhea for about 2 years. kept going to the doctors they did not know what to do. I finally went on the internet to webmd and put in life after the gall bladder. that is when i found a testimonial of a women with the same symptoms as mine and that is where i found the cholestyramine. i went to the doctors and requested she put me on this medicine, she did and now my life is
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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chronic diarrhea is no fun and this medicine has made my life a whole lot better.
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