Milk Thistle Treatment Report

• dig

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 1 star

  MS: 5 yrs

  Type: Progressive Relapsing

  Sensation: Moderate

  Overall: Mild

  Cognition: moderate

  Vision: none

  Speech: none

  Swallowing: none

  Upper limb: moderate

  Walking: moderate

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Purpose: Elevated liver enzymes (Started Jan 30, 2010)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 05, 2010	Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all

Date

Jul 05, 2010

Advice & Tips

I started taking Milk Thistle 1000mg 2 x's a day. My liver enzymes were 3 x's normal and getting worse with every lab test. After I started the Milk Thistle, my liver enzymes decreased by half after 2 months. I had another lab draw in June and my enzymes have NEVER been better. I am now taking the Milk Thistle 4 x's a week. If my lab results go up, I'll go back to 1 x daily.

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• cpt_c_pike

  Sex: M

  Data Quality: 1 star

  ALS: 6 yrs

  Bulbar: none

  Arms: moderate

  Chest: none

  Legs: mild

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Purposes: ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and Support nutritional health (Started Jul 19, 2011)

Date	Dosage	ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Perceived effectiveness	Support nutritional health Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 01, 2011	250 mg Daily	?Can't tell	?Can't tell	None	Usually	A little

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• tired old me

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 3 stars

  MS: 23 yrs

  Type: Relapsing-Remitting

  Relapse: Moderate

  Sensation: Moderate

  Overall: Mild

  Cognition: moderate

  Vision: none

  Speech: moderate

  Swallowing: none

  Upper limb: moderate

  Walking: moderate

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Purpose: Other (Started Jan 01, 2006)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 01, 2009	1000 mcg Daily	?Can't tell	None	Never	Not at all
May 15, 2009	1000 mcg Daily	?Can't tell	None	Usually	Somewhat

Date

Jul 01, 2009

Advice & Tips

I was taking it as a liver cleanser. I had to back off for $$ reasons. I will get back to it. I started because my Mom ended up with Cirrohsis of the liver in her 70's. She was never a drinker or sipper, not a lifetime of scripted meds and hardly ever as much as aspirin from thr OTC catagory. With my list of meds I am on I was being cautious. My paternal Gr'Mom's story was similar to Mom's. I got it from both sides of the gene pool.

Cost

$25-49 monthly

Date

May 15, 2009

Advice & Tips

I chose to take this becuase of family history.

Cost

$25-49 monthly

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• dresbaby

  Data Quality: 0 stars

  • Sex: Female
  • Age: 48y

  Condition: 5 additional condition(s)

  Quality of Life:

  • Social: Unreported
  • Mental: Unreported
  • Physical: Unreported

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Purpose: Protecting my Liver (Started Sep 01, 2009)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 01, 2009	175 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all

Date

Sep 01, 2009

Advice & Tips

Liver enzymes are back to normal

Cost

< $25 monthly

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• jfsnaz

  Sex: M

  Data Quality: 0 stars

  MS: 12 yrs

  Type: Relapsing-Remitting

  Sensation: Mild

  Overall: Mild

  Cognition: moderate

  Vision: moderate

  Speech: moderate

  Swallowing: mild

  Upper limb: none

  Walking: none

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Purpose: General health (Started Jun 05, 2005)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 18, 2009	1000 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all

Date

Jul 18, 2009

Advice & Tips

Helps with liver functions

Cost

< $25 monthly

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