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What is UDCA Ursodeoxycholic acid?

Ursodeoxycholic acid, also known as ursodiol, reduces elevated liver enzyme levels by facilitating bile flow through the liver and protecting liver cells.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 3 2 Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 1 0
Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis 1 1 Efficacy_major
Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease 1 1 Efficacy_major

See all 7 patients currently taking UDCA Ursodeoxycholic acid

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with UDCA Ursodeoxycholic acid

Diarrhea 1

Reported Dosages

  1 g daily 6 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 600 mg daily 900 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking UDCA Ursodeoxycholic acid (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 50%
Expense 1   Expense: 50%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking UDCA Ursodeoxycholic acid

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking UDCA Ursodeoxycholic acid

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Stopped Taking UDCA Ursodeoxycholic acid

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of UDCA Ursodeoxycholic acid

Always
 3 75%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 25%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of UDCA Ursodeoxycholic acid

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 25%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of UDCA Ursodeoxycholic acid

$200+
 1 50%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 50%

Report created on May 27, 2012.