Hello Everyone,
I am hoping this post finds you all, doing the absolute best that you can. I just wanted to share some thing with all of you who suffer from PBC.
My dermatologist put me on the low dose of a drug called doxepin. I started taking it about six weeks ago I am on 10 mg capsules at bedtime. I didn’t know about this drug. But she told me she had one other patient with PBC. And it helped her tremendously as well. It’s a very low dose anti-depressant, and a histamine which helps with the dreaded itch, And I also sleep for 6 to 7 hours straight. Which for me was unheard of. Prior to taking this medication.Nothing else has ever helped me before. Of course I asked my Hepatologist about it, first, before ever starting it.
So I’m sleeping better at night,I have no itch. I just thought, it is something you may ask your doctors about. So far , it has not affected,my labs in a negative way.
Just putting it out there, for possibly something that you may discuss with your own doctor. And it could help you too.
Big hugs,
Lorraine Louise