Drug Name: | Ursodeoxycholic Acid |
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Drug Class: | Bile Acid |
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Mechanism of Action: | - Reduces cholesterol absorption and synthesis
- Increases bile flow
- Protects liver cells from toxic bile acids
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Use: | - Treatment of primary biliary cholangitis
- Dissolution of gallstones
- Prevention of gallstone formation
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
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Side Effects: | - Diarrhea
- Nausea
- Abdominal pain
- Headache
- Back pain
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Contraindications: | - Hypersensitivity to ursodeoxycholic acid
- Biliary obstruction
- Acute cholecystitis
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Specialty: | - Gastroenterology
- Hepatology
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