Treatment Acute pain from gallstones and gallbladder disease is usually treated in the hospital, where diagnostic procedures are performed to rule out other conditions and complications. There are three approaches to gallstone treatment: Expectant management (“wait and see”) Nonsurgical removal of the stones Surgical removal of the gallbladder EXPECTANT MANAGEMENT OF ASYMPTOMATIC GALLSTONES Guidelines from […]
Treatment for Gallstones
Optimum bile acid treatment for rapid gall stone dissolution
To determine the optimum bile acid regimen for rapid gall stone dissolution, 48 gall stone patients were divided into four groups of 12 according to stone diameter and were randomly allocated to receive one of four treatment regimens: bedtime or mealtime chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA, 12 mg/kg/day) and bedtime or mealtime ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA, 12 mg/kg/day). […]
Desaturation of bile and cholesterol gallstone dissolution with chenodeoxycholic acid
Abstract The feeding of one of the major biliary bile acids, chenodeoxycholic acid, at a dose of 10 to 15 mg/kg per day causes the circulating bile acid pool to become greatly enriched in this bile acid. When chenodeoxycholic acid composes more than 70% of the biliary bile acids, the amount of cholesterol secreted in […]
shockwave lithotripsy of gallstones
Safety and efficacy of repeated shockwave lithotripsy of gallstones with and without adjuvant bile acid therapy BACKGROUND & AIMS: The value of adjuvant bile acid dissolution therapy after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) of gallbladder stones is under debate. A double-blind, randomized, multicenter trial was conducted to determine the safety and efficacy of repeated ESWL with and […]
The 99.9% Effective Technique for Eliminating Gallbladder Attacks Forever
If you still have your gallbladder, you probably don’t spend much time thinking about it, even if you’re very health conscious. If you don’t have your gallbladder anymore, you probably think about it even less. The only time you might consider your gall-bladder is when it’s hurting bad -a situation usually called a “gallbladder attack.” […]
Gallbladder Flush and Gallstone Treatment – Alternatives to Gallbladder Surgery
Gallbladder problems Gallbladder removal is the most common operation in North America. Every year, more than half a million people in the United States and more than 50,000 people in Canada undergo surgery to remove their gallbladders because of gallstones. Approximately 80% of all gallstones show no symptoms and may remain “silent” for years. Once symptoms arise, they […]