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353212 Results for "Lactulose treatments"

  • Lactulose treatment for encephalopathy?

    Posted by: deleted_user 07/12/2010 Last Reply By: deleted_user 07/15/2010
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    If you have been reading about Ronnie's ordeal at the hospital, we are still going one step forward and two steps back. His encephalopathy is severe. He has been getting the lactulose for three days...
  • Lactulose - an explosive issue?

    Posted by: deleted_user 08/08/2009 Last Reply By: deleted_user 08/12/2009
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    A ramble...........I have some issues with lactulose. I have some major issues with understanding encephalopathy, least being how to spell it.I have never knowingly in my life taken lactulose. I have...
  • Question about HE and treatment

    Posted by: deleted_user 02/26/2011 Last Reply By: deleted_user 03/05/2011
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    Hi all,My husband just had his 2nd HE episode, each time treatment has been lactulose with an antibiotic and within 24 hours his almost back to normal, this time the doctor gave same treatment just...
  • Article on Lactulose for info...

    Posted by: deleted_user 09/18/2009 Last Reply By: deleted_user 09/18/2009
    1
    There is an article out 'there' from the BMJ which may be of interest to folk....Title:Treatment of hepatic encephalopathy: It's not lactuloseAuthor:Debbie L Shawcross, Rajiv JalanPublication:British...
  • Xifaxan

    Posted by: deleted_user 09/16/2009 Last Reply By: deleted_user 09/15/2010
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    Hi I recently have noticed this treatment being mentioned in a lot of posts . I also am on this treatment as i could not tolerate lactulose or zinc . I was wondering if someone else who is also on...
  • Newbie - ?'s about hepatic encephalopathy

    Posted by: deleted_user 03/27/2009 Last Reply By: deleted_user 04/03/2009
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    Hi everyone,So glad to find this forum - I'm hoping someone here might be able to help me understand encephalopathy a little more. My mom is suffering with Cirrhosis caused, the docs believe, by...
  • Probiotics may help in reducing the danger of lethal Liver condition problems

    Journal by: jacklynkendall966 08/03/2019
    0
    A special research study, a paper released in Scientific Gastroenterology and Hepatology from the American Gastroenterological Association, have suggested that Probiotics work in protecting against...
  • Constipation from meds!

    Posted by: deleted_user 02/22/2008 Last Reply By: deleted_user 02/23/2008
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    As many of you know Opiates and non steroidal antiinflammatory drugs are associated with constipation. I wanted to post about why this happens AND discuss some treatments of drug induced...
  • Treatment of drug induced Constipation!

    Posted by: deleted_user 01/21/2008 Last Reply By: GTK 10/08/2012
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    As many of you know Opiates and non steroidal antiinflammatory drugs are associated with constipation. I wanted to post about why this happens AND discuss some treatments of drug induced...
  • Constipation from Medications!

    Posted by: deleted_user 02/22/2008 Last Reply By: deleted_user 03/06/2008
    3
    As many of you know Opiates and non steroidal antiinflammatory drugs are associated with constipation. I wanted to post about why this happens AND discuss some treatments of medication induced...
  • lactulose or try someting else?

    Posted by: deleted_user 03/02/2011 Last Reply By: violettt 03/03/2011
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    It looks like I will be taking something everyday for awhile to control high ammonia levels. lactulose brought the level down in an emergency but I have heard about L-argenine, aged garlic, and side...
  • Encephalopathy, Hepatic

    Posted by: deleted_user 10/19/2008 Last Reply By: deleted_user 10/20/2008
    1
    Subject: Encephalopathy, HepaticEncephalopathy, HepaticDEFINITION Hepatic encephalopathy is a syndrome observed in patients with cirrhosis. Hepatic encephalopathy is defined as a spectrum of...
  • Lactulose - an explosive issue, Part 2

    Posted by: deleted_user 08/22/2009 Last Reply By: deleted_user 08/24/2009
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    OK, in the first 'issue' of this subject, I tried to explain why I had issues with lactulose as a treatment for encephalopathy. The main concern I had was that by using lactulose, an osmotic pressure...
  • Lactulose - an explosive issue, Part 3

    Posted by: deleted_user 08/23/2009 Last Reply By: deleted_user 08/26/2009
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    There is an old Irish joke about a traveler trying to make his way to Dublin and he stops and asks an Irishman the way. The Irishman thinks for a moment and then replies "Well sir, if I were you I...
  • Lactulose vs. Regular Laxatives

    Posted by: deleted_user 09/21/2011 Last Reply By: deleted_user 09/06/2012
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    Dad's oncologist prescribed Lactulose three times a day. The oncologist said that Lactulose is much more effecient at pulling ammonia out of the body than regular laxatives. Dad hates it. His gastro...

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