Question 21 · LEK · Cholestatic liver diseases
The first-choice medication in the treatment of skin itching caused by cholestasis is:
- A. colestyramine.
- B. rifampicin.
- C. naltrexone.
- D. rifaximin.
- E. ursodeoxycholic acid.
Hint
Choose the agent that binds bile acids in the gut lumen — the traditional first step for cholestatic itch.
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