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Bile Acid Sequestrants Are Drugs That Bind to Bile Acids

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Bile acid sequestrants are drugs that bind to bile acids in the intestines and prevent their normal reabsorption in the large intestine.How would bile acid sequestrants lower a patient's blood cholesterol level?


A) Bile acids bind to cholesterol in the blood.
B) Bile acids prevent cholesterol from being absorbed from the diet.
C) More cholesterol would be converted into bile acids.
D) Bile acids can be converted into cholesterol.
E) Cholesterol requires bile acids to be soluble in the blood.

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