Colestipol

Colestipol is used for hypercholesterolemia (including atherosclerosis and arterial hypertension).

Colestipol binds to bile acids, which are secreted from the organism in a form which bunds to the ion-exchange resin. It lowers the overall level of cholesterol and cholesterol-containing low-density lipoproteins in blood plasma while not affecting the level of high-density lipoproteins.

Colestipol (20.1.1) is a hydrochloride of the product of copolymerization of epichlorohydrine with diethylentriamine that contains varying numbers of quaternary nitrogen atoms. There is no exact formula of the product of copolymerization, but its approximate structure can be expressed as 20.1.1.