Re: How do you take Ursolit with food or an hour after?

[Guest guest]

I've read that it's O.K. to take ursodiol with food or on an empty

stomach:

http://www.gicare.com/pated/ursodiol.htm

" You may take it on an empty stomach or with food to prevent stomach

upset. "

The main thing would be if you take cholestyramine (questran) you

should take cholestyramine (questran) one or two hours after the

ursodiol:

http://www.gicare.com/pated/cholestyramine.htm

" Always take this drug (cholestyramine) 1 hour before or 2 hours after

taking any other drug. Take it just before or with a meal. "

This is because the cholestyramine will absorb the ursodiol and prevent

the ursodiol from being absorbed.

Best regards,

Dave

(father of (23); PSC 07/03; UC 08/03)

>

> Hi!

> My doctor told me to take Uroslit at least one hour after or before

the

> big meals.

> I still don't get it coz all the other doctors say I should take it

> right after or with the food.

> Does any one got the same instruction like me? I mean taking it at

> least 1 hour after?

> Thanks

>

[Guest guest]

I've not been told that. I take at least one capsule with every meal - 3 AM, 1 noon, 3 PM. I can't imagine why it would make a difference, unless they think it interferes with gallbladder filling/discharge after meals. I don't have one, so it really doesn't matter.

Arne 57 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000 Alive and well in Minnesota

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of mishapog20

....Does any one got the same instruction like me? I mean taking it at least 1 hour after?Thanks

[Guest guest]

I've not been told that. I take at least one capsule with every meal - 3 AM, 1 noon, 3 PM. I can't imagine why it would make a difference, unless they think it interferes with gallbladder filling/discharge after meals. I don't have one, so it really doesn't matter.

Arne 57 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000 Alive and well in Minnesota

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of mishapog20

....Does any one got the same instruction like me? I mean taking it at least 1 hour after?Thanks

[Guest guest]

I've not been told that. I take at least one capsule with every meal - 3 AM, 1 noon, 3 PM. I can't imagine why it would make a difference, unless they think it interferes with gallbladder filling/discharge after meals. I don't have one, so it really doesn't matter.

Arne 57 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000 Alive and well in Minnesota

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of mishapog20

....Does any one got the same instruction like me? I mean taking it at least 1 hour after?Thanks

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi!

> My doctor told me to take Uroslit at least one hour after or before the

> big meals.

> I still don't get it coz all the other doctors say I should take it

> right after or with the food.

> Does any one got the same instruction like me? I mean taking it at

> least 1 hour after?

> Thanks

>

When I visited the UK support group last July, I asked Dr. Chapman

(one of the best known PSC gurus) this question. He said it really

doesn't matter when you take Urso. Since UDCA (Ursolit in Israel) is

absorbed and reabsorbed the same way several times the level will stay

high no matter when you take it. He even said I can take the entire

dose once a day. I usually take 1200 mg in the morning with breakfast

and the other 1200 mg with dinner. If it makes you feel better you can

spread it out over the day, you can take it with food or not. I

sometimes take all 2400 mg if I forgot a dose.

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi!

> My doctor told me to take Uroslit at least one hour after or before the

> big meals.

> I still don't get it coz all the other doctors say I should take it

> right after or with the food.

> Does any one got the same instruction like me? I mean taking it at

> least 1 hour after?

> Thanks

>

When I visited the UK support group last July, I asked Dr. Chapman

(one of the best known PSC gurus) this question. He said it really

doesn't matter when you take Urso. Since UDCA (Ursolit in Israel) is

absorbed and reabsorbed the same way several times the level will stay

high no matter when you take it. He even said I can take the entire

dose once a day. I usually take 1200 mg in the morning with breakfast

and the other 1200 mg with dinner. If it makes you feel better you can

spread it out over the day, you can take it with food or not. I

sometimes take all 2400 mg if I forgot a dose.

[Guest guest]

I have been taking URSO for over 8 years. I seem to remember some sort of advice about taking it with food to prevent stomach upset, but I don't have any side effects from URSO. So I take it sometimes take it with food and sometimes without, depending on if I'm hungry.

Ian (52) PSC 89

Hi!My doctor told me to take Uroslit at least one hour after or before the big meals.I still don't get it coz all the other doctors say I should take it right after or with the food.Does any one got the same instruction like me? I mean taking it at

least 1 hour after?Thanks -- Ian Cribb P.Eng.

[Guest guest]

All right, I usually take it a hour after the food not before but I

seem to be the only one to get an instruction like this, (a hour

before or after.. meaning not with the meal)

Weird but thank you all.

> >

> > Hi!

> > My doctor told me to take Uroslit at least one hour after or

before the

> > big meals.

> > I still don't get it coz all the other doctors say I should take

it

> > right after or with the food.

> > Does any one got the same instruction like me? I mean taking it at

> > least 1 hour after?

> > Thanks

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

> --

> Ian Cribb P.Eng.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yeah,

When I asked Prof. Bruk in Ihilov Hospital Center in Tel Aviv

about it he said that it doesn't matter when to take it because in

our case (PSC) it works straight on the liver and has nothing to do

with presence of absence of food, but still it sounded weird to me

because my doctor emphasized on the " at least one hour before or

after " so I wanted to know if anyone got the same instruction (looks

like I'm the only one).

> >

> > Hi!

> > My doctor told me to take Uroslit at least one hour after or

before the

> > big meals.

> > I still don't get it coz all the other doctors say I should take

it

> > right after or with the food.

> > Does any one got the same instruction like me? I mean taking it

at

> > least 1 hour after?

> > Thanks

> >

> When I visited the UK support group last July, I asked Dr. Chapman

> (one of the best known PSC gurus) this question. He said it really

> doesn't matter when you take Urso. Since UDCA (Ursolit in Israel) is

> absorbed and reabsorbed the same way several times the level will

stay

> high no matter when you take it. He even said I can take the entire

> dose once a day. I usually take 1200 mg in the morning with

breakfast

> and the other 1200 mg with dinner. If it makes you feel better you

can

> spread it out over the day, you can take it with food or not. I

> sometimes take all 2400 mg if I forgot a dose.

>