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Avatar m tn I have read about the effects of quitting smoking, and that they can sometimes last for weeks/months; however, prolonged periods of pain/stress will be counterproductive for someone who is also trying to cope with chronic liver disease, even if the end result is to detoxify the body... Hence my question...and looking for palliatives which will not harm the liver. (Yoga...meditation...diet...all this is already part of her daily life). Thank you very much, Arusha.
Avatar m tn tall and am considering smoking marijuana to achieve the weight gain I am comfortable with. Will this method injure my liver further or have no real effects to it? I have never tried the smoking method but would be willing to if it would help me gain weight and not affect my liver. Please help!
Avatar n tn is changing my medications a bunch, and I have abstained from alcohol, but my liver counts have not decreased significantly. I am wondering if my Marijuana smoking could be causing the elevated liver functions. I am trying to do research, and am finding mixed (poor) results. Anyone have any input for me?
10175413 tn?1427170251 Hi Found this but I am sure you know smoking is bad and smoking with liver disease is bad, bad. I smoked for 28 years pack a day or better. Quit in 2002 after about 5 or more tries to quit. My mom and grand-mother both died from emphysema. Might want to put quitting on your list of things to do for you. I haven't seen anything about smoking being counterindicated per se while treating but can't imagine it would help with any side effects you may evperience http://hepatitiscnewdrugs.
Avatar n tn He said there was no regulatory growing of it, and all the bad stuff the plants had access to remain in it and the smoking of it is processes through the liver as well as the lungs. He said it is common when he has a very strange growing cancer that the patient smoked a lot of pot. See if you can get marinol -- I understand that is safer for the liver.
Avatar m tn Actually, though, there are many leading liver specialists in Texas. My father had liver cancer in the 70's and was treated in Houston. But I digress.... The speaker in the videos is a Dr. Jennifer Pâté, a psychiatrist at St. Luke's Hospital. She is not at all critical in her talk....just presents the information in a very professional way. The link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Avatar m tn Of course the best thing to do is to know the status of your liver disease and then decided if you are ready to treat the hepatitis. Not smoking or changing your diet is not going to stop the virus from progressively damaging your liver only treatment will. "i love smoking" It is called "addiction", not love. If you haven't figured out that smoking is a one of the worse things you can do to your health then I don't know what can convince you.
Avatar f tn Sorry to hear about your brother. Smoking isn't good for anyone, but the man is dying, and the outcome isn't reversible. I just lost someone to liver cancer, and the end was difficult. My friend, who was a wine connoisseur, quit drinking at the end, not because he thought it would prolong his life, but he was too sick to even care.
Avatar f tn My personal opinion is the harmful effects of smoking pot have not been studied as long as tobacco has been. Some recent trials may suggest there are more harmful affects than previously thought but will need more studies. http://www.hepmag.com/articles/2512_20526.shtml A Word About Marijuana Use Researchers have found that marijuana use can be harmful for people with hepatitis C.
Avatar n tn My dad has had a liver transplant 2 years ago, he is on immunosuppressents, namely, Tacrolimus. He would like to know if smoking marijuana would be harmful.
Avatar m tn hullicantions, liver deseases or risk of heart attack when anxiety starts or panic attacks , chronic hepatic dysfunction... anything i should be watchfull over just in case.
29837 tn?1414534648 Treatment for hepatitis C involves months of therapy with two powerful drugs, interferon and ribavirin, that have severe side effects, including extreme fatigue, nausea, muscle aches, loss of appetite and depression. Because of those side effects, many patients do not finish treatment and the virus ends up destroying their livers.
Avatar f tn It is well known that heavy alcohol consumption can lead to severe liver disease including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, but the effects of alcohol on HCV and its treatment are less well studied. As described in the December 15, 2008 Journal of Infectious Diseases, E. McCartney and colleagues performed a laboratory study using cultured Huh-7 cells to examine the effects of alcohol metabolism on HCV replication and the antiviral activity of interferon.
Avatar f tn Smoking or eating it will tax the liver. Anything you eat, inhale and even touch goes through the liver. Not long ago I read about studies done on people that smoked weed and how it was bad for the liver. I'm sure if you google HCV & marijuana you will see the studies.
1499589 tn?1289162281 I recently went to see the nurse for a teaching session (injections) and told her that I have been using Marijuana to help with my insomnia and anxiety toward treatment, I also told her that it seemed like a good idea to use it to combat side effects from tx such as nausea,loss of appetite.... I was told to stop smoking imm. and to start taking Ambien or Trazadone. I have taken both of those meds before and did not like the side effects.
744552 tn?1233200643 Being that you were just diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Wouldnt it be wise to see what stage of liver damge you have first if any?? Having hepatitis C and not going for a biopsy is not such a great idea. Would you ever consider treating this disease once you found out the status of your liver?? This is not to be taken lightly. I find it sad you just found out you have a progressve illness that can eventually lead to cirrhosis and you like the way marijuana makes you feel??
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729288 tn?1251254433 About 8 months prior to finding out I had HCV, I used Chantix to quit smoking. I got a little quesy from them so I always took it with food. Hmph... no wonder I gained 30 pds. LOL! I have now been smoke free for 13 months. But I was feeling so bad before quiting that I felt if I didn't quit I would die from smoking shortly. My eyes are so dry from tx that when I get around a cig it burns my eyes so bad. I am also short of breath from TX. I can't imagine doing tx and smoking.
Avatar n tn Since you have cancer and your question revolves around cancer I think it would be more helpful to either ask your oncologist your question, seek information at the National Cancer Institute or post your question in a cancer forum where this topic is commonly discussed. We have no expertise in cancer (except cancer of the liver arising from liver disease), its symptoms or its treatment. Good luck. I hope you beat your cancer.
Avatar f tn What are the side effects of smoking when pregnant? Did any of u girls smoke when u were pregnant? I'm 16 weeks and trying to quit but it a lot harder than I thought .