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milk thistle for liver
Andy Battaglia:
Waleed,
That is actually a good dose. Take 1-4 capsules daily. I would suggest that you eventually get treated with Harvoni or Sovaldi, both of which are becoming available as generic meds at low prices in Asia.
Waleed:
Doctors keep telling me that I do not need any treatment since my PCR is negative. Sovaldi have made its entrance in Pakistan and I can buy it from there without prescription if I have to. Can you direct me to good sources where I can read more about patients with negative PCR getting on treatment.
Andy Battaglia:
Waleed,
Did you ever have an active HCV infection or a positive pcr test? Or, is this based on the presence of antibodies only?
Waleed:
Andy,
The PCR was always negative since the day it was discovered that antibodies are positive, I was 14yo then. I never had been on treatment as LFTs used to be normal.
Waleed:
This article suggests that Milk thistle silymarin together with deferiprone chelates more iron than deferiprone alone.
https://www.google.com.sa/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.esciencecentral.org/journals/comparative-study-of-deferiprone-and-silymarin-versus-deferiprone-and-placebo-as-iron-chelators-in-children-with-beta-thalassemia-with-iron-overload-2329-6917.1000130.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjYhIaRwtLLAhUminIKHZoYDAw4KBAWCDgwCA&usg=AFQjCNHCxAoprPSe45eWm-eL9T9G2hBC-g
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