What dose of Urso are you on ? MD says it ... - PBC Foundation
What dose of Urso are you on ? MD says it goes according to weight ( here in the USA pounds ).
In UK usual dose is 13-15mgs per kilo of body weight.
Thank you....
I am in England and my consultant stated in the letter to the GP at diagnose (Dec 2010) the dose 10mgs per 1 kg body weight. I am under the 60kgs it was rounded up to, take 600mgs per day. Been doing perfectly ok with this the last few years.
The consultant did state on my return to see him 2mths into being on urso that you can go higher with urso and I have read 1000mgs (though in past studies using in PBC it doesn't seem to have made any difference as to a lower dose).
I suppose it all depends how you get off the starting block on urso really.
I think I am 119 lbs and on 750mg a day
I'm usually exactly 9 stone at bedtime if I can be bothered to weigh myself (I did last night after reading this post yest) and it's usually around 8 stone 11 pounds start of the day.
I'm around 57kgs and my urso was rounded off to 60kgs when I started taking it Dec 2010. The dose has remained the same. The GP was advised to prescribe 10mgs per kg body weight.
I recently lost some weight....then plateaued....was put on lower does....just want to be on the "right" dose . Seems like the dose can range from 10 - 15 mg/kg or did I not read it right ? I am around 60 kg....and was on 900 and now on 750.
Sounds like Chippy45, you stating you are around 60kgs then you are on slightly higher dosage than I am but at a quick glance it isn't over what seems to be the norm to be prescribed, between 10mg and 15mg per kg body weight seems to be what occurs with PBC.
Regardless if your weight has dropped I personally cannot see what difference it would have made regardless. Apparently though wed not purposely decide to take a lot more urso than recommended daily, we are said that we wouldn't actually overdose with having PBC if we took more as a one-off. Your 900 didn't seem a lot anyway, I was informed by the consultant you can go higher and have read 1000mgs seems to be that. It does appear the dosage is debatable as it's not known exactly but going off a body weight seems a more reasonable way to prescribe lots of medications, urso apparently being one.
I admire all you who are slim, I am obese, and am on 1800mg daily! However, it certainly has had the desired effect, no itching, and improved blood results over 10 years. Good luck to all.
I just got put on urso. I am taking 1000mg per day. 500 in the am, 500 in the pm. Is this too much? I weigh 52 kilos.
