SPL Set ID: 71f12e0d-373a-4867-b37c-f24d99c5ce95
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The active ingredient in colestipol hydrochloride tablets is colestipol hydrochloride, which is a lipid lowering agent for oral use. Colestipol is an insoluble, high molecular weight basic anion-exchange copolymer of diethylenetriamine and 1-chloro-2,3-epoxpropane (hydrochloride), with approximately one out of five amine nitrogens protonated. It is a yellow to orange powder or beads water-insoluble resin which is hygroscopic and swells when suspended in water or aqueous fluids. Each colestipol hydrochloride tablet contains one gram of colestipol hydrochloride. Colestipol hydrochloride tablets are light yellow to yellow in color and are tasteless and odorless. Inactive ingredients: cellacefate, colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, ferric oxide yellow, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, povidone, and triacetin.