milk thistle research

if you have cirrhosis of the liver does milk thistle help to regenarate the liver and if so to what degree?I also have an enlarged spleen and suffer with stomache and back ache which my doctor say,s is associated with this and prescribes me paracetamol which i thought was bad for the liver.

I've been taking milk thistle for about 2 years now after doing some research about herbs and HCV. Its always been the same brand. GNC's standardized milk thistle 200mg. I can't say I take it everyday, maybe every other day and during those busy periods of time I forget to take it for weeks on end. What I have noticed is that milk thistle has a very prominent affect on my mood - almost to the point where google diagnosis made me think I have bipolar disorder.

· Those who had received milk thistle had improvements in their liver enzymes (significantly lower levels of AST and ALT) compared to the children in the placebo group. · Milk thistle also seemed to help keep fewer patients from having to lower the dose of their chemotherapy drugs (61 percent vs. 72 percent). · Milk thistle did not interfere with chemo's cancer-fighting properties. Ladas' study has little to do with Hepatitis C.

I currently take 3000 mg daily of milk thistle, although research has shown that the liver cannot regenerate when it is so severely damaged, as in end stage cirrhosis. Day to day struggle. And you're correct, Noni juice tastes like crap.

I had digetstion problems (gas, etc) with Milk Thistle but kept it up and the problems went away. Do the Milk Thistle and all the other recomended nutrients here by HR and Gauff and others. These are positive things you can do today, while you wait.

Does anyone know if milk thistle is good, bad, or of no effect? I read somewhere that it is helpful for liver problems so started taking it. I won't see my dr. for almost three months so can't ask him until then.

Much of what is claimed for many herbals in this country, including some claims for milk thistle, are not backed by research in Germany. What we get over here unfortunately is overwhelmingly snake oil. We don't get that good German research.

“SUMMARY: Silymarin, an extract from the milk thistle plant, has an inhibitory effect on the hepatitis C virus (HCV) polymerase in laboratory studies, but its anti-HCV action also appears to include blocking HCV from entering cells and preventing cell-to-cell transmission, according to research described in the June 2010 issue of Hepatology.” (More in the overview…) http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/news/2010/0820_2010_a.

I did allot of research on my own, as I turned down a liver biopsy....and I discovered milk thistle...read about....I started taking it against what my family dr said, but my RA specialist said you have nothing to loose, I took it for approximately 3 years and all my liver enzyme readings have gone to normal. I have been off of milk thistle for at least one and half years and my readings are all normal..

My dr said there was enough research to show that milk thistle would NOT hurt during TX. Wasn't enough research to show whether it would help. He told me to definitely take 800 mg of vitamin e during TX and for the rest of my life. I took milk thistle and E during my entire TX and I was UND from week 12 through end of TX.

there has been studies to prove its very good for helping our liver.Your doc probably meant there is no research done on milk thistle whist we r on tx...my doc just said its been proven that people on milkthistle on tx do fine....but thats just 1 doc saying that,just stick with what ever your doc tells u...i live in australia and maybe things are different over here...but iv found that alot of docs over here are all starting to except milk thistle.

Because standard of care with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin therapy is costly, has significant side effects, and fails to cure about half of all infections, many patients seek complementary and alternative medicine to improve their health, such as Silymarin, derived from milk thistle (Silybum marianum). Milk thistle's clinical benefits for chronic hepatitis C are unsettled due to variability in standardization of the herbal product.

Why are you considering taking milk thistle? Do you have liver disease? Milk thistle hasn’t really shown much in the way of clinical evidence of being effective for treating liver injury.

Milk thistle is used for the liver - - - there are no contraindications for the milk thistle and pain pills .......

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