Bile Acid Malabsorption

Diagnosis and management.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)
Last reviewed: 21 October 2025
Gastroenterology

Clinical Guidelines

British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the management of bile acid diarrhoea
National
NICE guideline [NG180]
National
AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Laboratory Evaluation of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases: Bile Acid Malabsorption
Local
Bile acid malabsorption: colesevelam | NICE Evidence Summary [ESUOM22]
Local
Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Bile Acid Malabsorption in Chronic Diarrhea
Local
ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical Nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease
Local
European Consensus on Malabsorption—UEG & SIGE, LGA, SPG
Local
Guidelines for the investigation of chronic diarrhoea in adults: British Society of Gastroenterology
Local