Blind Comparison of Patient Preference for Flavored Colestid Granules and Questran Light

Abstract

Questran Light was significantly preferred on a sensory basis when mixed in orange juice. Flavored Colestid Granules was significantly preferred over Questran Light for both sensory and mixability characteristics with water as the vehicle.

The Bile Acid Sequestrant Acceptability Scale validation study

“…Even then, some of these studies acknowledged limitations of these scales in omitting potentially important parameters such as appearance. Other studies found mixability to be an important metric regarding acceptability, which was not included in the ‘wine tasting scales’ (16,17). Finally, none of the previously used bile acid acceptability studies weighted the importance of acceptability components with regard to anticipated effect on persistence of chronic BAS drug treatment.…”