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Antidepressant?

This is a very personal question, but I'm wondering if anyone is taking an antidepressant? and if so, which one? I've been struggling with depression for...

This is a very personal question, but I'm wondering if anyone is taking an antid...

Susn

•3 years ago

8 Replies

PEMF

PEMF pulsed electro magnetic field has any one used this for PBC?

HummingBirds1944

•3 years ago

1 Reply

weigth gain

Hello and thank you for accepting me in the group, I have a question, what are your side effects from urso?? gain weight, back pain, hair loss , I don’t know...

Hello and thank you for accepting me in the group, I have a question, what are y...

casegaro

•3 years ago

9 Replies

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Newbie

Hi guys. I.m a newbie and I was diagnosed with PBC in March 2020 .and have had liver scans and blood tests but have not seen a consultant. They said they were...

Hi guys. I.m a newbie and I was diagnosed with PBC in March 2020 .and have had ...

Marielena2

•3 years ago

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Hello started using colestyamine. Yesterday morning any one no how long it takes to kick in I’m desperate

Hello started colestyramine yesterday for severe itching does any one no when it will start working this is grinding me down itching please desperate Richard

Hello started colestyramine yesterday for severe itching does any one no when i...

Richard35

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Private consultation for PBC.

Can anyone recommend a private hepatologist. I have had no real information and the hospital keep cancelling appointments. My GP Saïd it is not his special...

Can anyone recommend a private hepatologist. I have had no real information and...

HummingBirds1944

•3 years ago

6 Replies

My PBC Journey

GI watched enzymes for 5 years 2015-2020. No symptoms except GI sent me to Ohio State in Dec of 2019 to make sure she wasn’t missing anything . Ordered MRI of...

GI watched enzymes for 5 years 2015-2020. No symptoms except GI sent me to Ohio ...

Miamomma

•3 years ago

10 Replies

Seeing a private specialist. Possible PBC? Advice and questions to ask.

Hi All, I've been referred to a hepatologist due to having elevated ALP, GGt on and off since 2018 and a recent positive AMA test (although my GP has said this...

Hi All, I've been referred to a hepatologist due to having elevated ALP, GGt on ...

kirstm85

•3 years ago

23 Replies

Nervous to take urso

Hi everyone, new here and recently diagnosed with PBC. My dr says I’ve probably had it since 2019 but that there’s no sign in my bloodwork of actual damage...

Hi everyone, new here and recently diagnosed with PBC. My dr says I’ve probably ...

ginabean

•3 years ago

33 Replies

Fat soluble vitamins

I have read that the more advanced cases of PBC have more problems with fat soluble absorption. I haven't been diagnosed yet but I have been living with low...

I have read that the more advanced cases of PBC have more problems with fat solu...

sleepingbeautycan

•3 years ago

13 Replies

After a long search I think I have found my answer...pbc

I found this list of symptoms and I check almost all the boxes. And I have checked almost all the boxes for about 20 years. See at the bottom. I was pretty bad...

I found this list of symptoms and I check almost all the boxes. And I have check...

sleepingbeautycan

•3 years ago

17 Replies

Menapaulse

Hi all can you take sadge capsules for premenapausal hot flushes?

Purdy2017

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Nifedipine and PBC

I have Secondary Raynauds and have been prescribed Nifedipine but in the information I have read this is said to be damaging to the liver. since I have PBC...

I have Secondary Raynauds and have been prescribed Nifedipine but in the informa...

magria

•3 years ago

7 Replies

Normal ALP at time of Diagnosis

Hello. I have had PBC for just over 3 years. I have always had a very normal ALP. I've read that one of the hallmarks of PBC is an elevated ALP. I have...

Hello. I have had PBC for just over 3 years. I have always had a very normal ALP...

kerrypark

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Milk Thistle and Boldo

I'm a 64 year old, diagnosed in 2019 and started taking Urso 1250mg/day. Enzyme levels dropped some but not enough. Started on Ocaliva Feb. 2021, Wanted to...

I'm a 64 year old, diagnosed in 2019 and started taking Urso 1250mg/day. Enzyme...

Germinal

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Sudden spike of liver enzymes!

Hello PBCers, I hope I can get an insight here. I have been diagnosed with PBC for few years and my liver enzymes and ALP have been always high normal range,...

Hello PBCers, I hope I can get an insight here. I have been diagnosed with PBC f...

Liverette

•3 years ago

9 Replies

How are ones coping that are experiencing advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis?

Hi everyone, Stella here. I haven't posted a question for awhile. This particular question may be too personal for some to respond to. But, if you want to...

Hi everyone, Stella here. I haven't posted a question for awhile. This particula...

Ktltel

•3 years ago

17 Replies

PBC and stool color

Hello friends, personal type question. Pretty new to PBC, wondering if anyone has stool color changes. Yellow, clayish color, to a dark dark color. I eat...

Hello friends, personal type question. Pretty new to PBC, wondering if anyone h...

TanGram

•3 years ago

3 Replies

18 and newly diagnosed with PBC

In the middle of last year I was diagnosed, but with everything going on, I feel as though I don't know much about the disease. I've been put on URSO and it...

In the middle of last year I was diagnosed, but with everything going on, I feel...

18yrsmuse

•3 years ago

7 Replies

Posts - PBC Foundation | HealthUnlocked

PBC Foundation

All posts for June 2021

Antidepressant?

PEMF

weigth gain

Newbie

Hello started using colestyamine. Yesterday morning any one no how long it takes to kick in I’m desperate

Private consultation for PBC.

My PBC Journey

Seeing a private specialist. Possible PBC? Advice and questions to ask.

Nervous to take urso

Fat soluble vitamins

After a long search I think I have found my answer...pbc

Menapaulse

Nifedipine and PBC

Normal ALP at time of Diagnosis

Milk Thistle and Boldo

Sudden spike of liver enzymes!

How are ones coping that are experiencing advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis?

PBC and stool color

18 and newly diagnosed with PBC

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