Gallstones are broadly classified into 2 major types: cholesterol stones and pigment stones, with the former type being the most common. 5 They can develop either in the gallbladder or in the bile ...

Two types of gallstone exist: cholesterol stones formed from cholesterol-supersaturated bile (80–90% of gallstones); and pigment stones consisting mainly of polymerized calcium bilirubinate (10 ...

Composed primarily of undissolved cholesterol, they may also contain other substances. 2. Pigment gallstones: Characterized by their dark brown or black appearance, these stones form due to an ...

Gallstones are usually made up of a mixture of bile pigments and cholesterol. About 20 per cent of stones are made up of cholesterol alone, and small cholesterol stones can sometimes be dissolved ...

There are two types of gallstones including cholesterol stones which, Dr Kituku says, have more than 70 per cent cholesterol. The second type are pigmented stones, made up of bilirubin and blue salts.

Less than half (40.8%) of patients responded to the highest dose tested (750 mg/day), and only 13.5% had complete dissolution of their stones within ... 10% of patients, cholesterol gallstones ...

MANAGING CHOLESTEROL CAN BE A CHALLENGE FOR SOME. IN TODAY'S SCRIPT, PHARMACIST CHAD ISSACS FROM STONES CORNER PHARMACY TALKS ...