Interesting article on treatment for liver cirrhosis

[Guest guest]

Since PSC essentially causes cirrhosis of the liver I thought it was

extremely interesting to see that there may be something available to

reverse liver scaring. I am not sure long-term if this would buy

people more time before requiring a transplant, but thought it was

worth posting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5382172.stm

[Guest guest]

This indeed looks very promising

Chaim Boermeester, Israel

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Subject: Interesting

article on treatment for liver cirrhosis

Since PSC essentially causes cirrhosis of the liver I

thought it was

extremely interesting to see that there may be something available to

reverse liver scaring. I am not sure long-term if this would buy

people more time before requiring a transplant, but thought it was

worth posting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5382172.stm

[Guest guest]

Wow that is fascinating!! Has anyone else heard of this before the

article? Well we need meds that can help with liver damage for sure.

Peace,

Jarad

[Guest guest]

Hi Jarad;

Yes, it was posted by Barb on Sep 25, 2006 (see message #88254 in the

archives), and it generated a fair amount of discussion on Sep 25 and

Sep 26, 2006.

Best regards,

Dave R.

>

> Wow that is fascinating!! Has anyone else heard of this before the

> article? Well we need meds that can help with liver damage for sure.

> Peace,

> Jarad

>

[Guest guest]

I'm afraid this is a rather old article and turned out to not be as

exciting as expected. I asked my specialist at the Hepatology unit in

Kings College Hospital, London, and he said that given that people with

PSC-associated conditions have been treated with Sulfasalazine for quite

a while, then it was hardly likely that its effects would have gone

unnoticed. Apparently liver units all over the UK (and abroad I suspect)

were bombarded by patients demanding Sulfasalazine after this article

came out, which just shows how careful the media needs to be in

reporting very early research.

Regards,

>Posted by: " da_charters " da_charters@... da_charters

>Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:23 pm (PST)

>Since PSC essentially causes cirrhosis of the liver I thought it was

>extremely interesting to see that there may be something available to

>reverse liver scaring. I am not sure long-term if this would buy

>people more time before requiring a transplant, but thought it was

>worth posting.

>

>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5382172.stm