Uses of This Medicine. Cholestyramine is used to lower high cholesterol levels in the blood. This may help prevent medical problems caused by cholesterol clogging the blood vessels. Cholestyramine is also used to remove substances called bile acids from your body.With some liver problems, there is too much bile acid in your body and this can cause severe itching.Cholestyramine works by attaching to certain substances in the intestine.holestyramine is also used to remove substances called bile acids from your body. With some liver problems, there is too much bile acid in your body and this can cause severe itching. Cholestyramine works by attaching to certain substances in the intestine.
The Oregon Trail was the only land route for settlers seeking to move west and took approximately four to six months, in contrast to the sea route which could take up to a full year.
'The Oregon Trail' 'An American Saga' By David Dary Illustrated. 414 pages. Alfred A. Knopf. $35. For restless Americans in the 1840's and 50's, the Oregon Trail was the great highway west. From 1843 until the early 1850's, the years of peak traffic, about a quarter of a million people followed its rutted path in the longest voluntary migration in history, heading out from Missouri toward Oregon, California, Utah and other destinations.