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In the United States, that drug is known as

Actigall. You gave us the Canadian drug name.<br><br>Here

is the Mayo Clinic drug web site where you can read

about

it.<br><br><a

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</a><br><br>I'm glad that they caught your PBC early, but you

need to ask the doctor what is causing the PBC. It

wasn't the cholestrol.<br><br>If you are eating a lot of

food with fats, then you need to cut that down. You

are going to facing two issues involving your liver

and your kidneys. Kidney's need protein to survive.

Your liver will be over worked if you eat the standard

daily allowance of protein, which could do harm to your

liver.<br><br>Medication could cure your liver problems, but nothing will

cause a reversal of the cirrhosis. What you have to do,

is halt the progression of your cirrhosis, and it's

a matter of which drug will work the best for

you.<br><br>Oh yes, going back to the protein. I've had a

consultation with a kidney transplant doctor, and posed the

protein question to him. He said that's a catch-22 as I

have described it. He recommended that 90 grams of

Protein is sufficient to allow the kidney's to function,

and still not overwork the liver.<br><br>I do take

Milk Thistle, but all my doctors don't understand

herbal medicines, just that a lot of their patients said

that they feel better after taking Milk Thistle. I

have my own theory why Milk Thistle works, and there

is one clinical study out of Germany where it has

helps liver patients.<br><br>But I'm placing my bet on

the medication that I am taking. It works with no

side effects.<br><br>Oh yes, my gall bladder is out

too. When they took out my gall bladder, that was when

the surgeon saw my cirrhosis. thankgoodness for small

favors.