Bezafibrate

[Wocket]

Does anyone know if Bezafibrate can cause problems with your kidneys? Also if you can just stop it or if you need to gradually come off?

[butterflyEi]

Good question @Wocket. Can I suggest that you send it to [e-mail] this morning. Best to give as much information as you can.

Professor Jones is the guest speaker on their Thursday Q&A. Link to them can be found on their web site for the click meeting or join Facebook Live at 2 p.m. this afternoon.

best wishes

[Wocket in reply to butterflyEi]

Thanks butterflyEi have now done so. My GP seems to think I’m old so it doesn’t matter and I’m only 59 😭

[butterflyEi in reply to Wocket]

this makes me very sad, only one GP at my surgery over the last 3-4 years has shown any interest and she was newly qualified. I don't often trouble my surgery when I do I get the same feeling but I have done for quite some time. Anyway I hope you can listen in and hear your answer but if not the sessions are recorded and are available later on Facebook and the PBC Foundation YouTube channel. I am hoping to listen in today so we will both learn something I am sure. best wishes

[Wocket in reply to butterflyEi]

My email to Linda just got bounced back so don’t know how to get the question to the profesor. Any ideas how I can contact because I couldn’t find an email. Cheers

[butterflyEi in reply to Wocket]

try [e-mail]

maybe I got the first email address wrong, sorry. I will try to find out.

[Wocket in reply to butterflyEi]

I’ve been looking on the web site but I can’t find an email. Mind you I can be a bit daft. No need to be sorry 😀

[Wocket in reply to butterflyEi]

Fingers crossed for this email. You are clever I couldn’t find any email. Perhaps I really am getting old

[butterflyEi in reply to Wocket]

😂😊😂 you gotta catch me first!

[butterflyEi]

if you have a further problem I can copy and paste your original post and send it in on your behalf.

[Wocket in reply to butterflyEi]

Thanks ButterflyEi, Your email address was nearly right after the .org it’s got .uk so Linda now has the question. Thanks for all your help x

[amt50]

Hi, Ive been on Bezefibrate for15 months, game changer for me as itch was unbearable and I was ready to end it all. Yes, this drug can impact your kidneys you need blood tests to monitor. I had bloods after 2 weeks, 4 weeks then monthly for three months. I think this may have been because when I took Ramipril this sent my kidney levels sky high

[Wocket in reply to amt50]

They were not monitoring me and I now have stage 3 Kidney disease. I have now been taken off it. I was given it because I am a partial responder to Urso and it got my numbers into the normal bracket.

[amt50 in reply to Wocket]

My numbers are back in normal, I was only prescribed this due to the terrible itching I had. Hope you find something that works for you

[Wocket in reply to amt50]

Really glad you have got your itching under control luckily I don’t get itching very often but when I do it drives me mad.