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Digestive Health | Last Active: Feb 25 1:06pm | Replies (48)
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Lactulose is made to push food though the bowls and liver more quickly to take out the toxins out, that higher the ammonia level in your body that they call brain fog. But if the lactulose does not work it will give you a gut ache. And the Old doctors did seem to care about you but they retire and the New breed just do not care. I have been on a liver transplant list for 7 years, I go to the the University of Minnesota/Fairview and I have been to the Mayo in MN I did really like it there but they sent me to the U of M. I had a colonascipe done how ever they spell it and it felt like they tore out my intestines and gave me a hernia. That I still have it. I'm all screwed up. And the Doctor's don't care
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@fcleaner1 Are you seeing a hepatologist for your liver problems? If not, you should see one. They could probably prescribe xifaxan for you which is quite different from lactulose. For a long time that kept me free of HE. When I did eventually have HE again I did have to resume taking lactulose along with the xifaxan, but life was sure much better with just the xifaxan. It's costly but there are ways to get help with the cost of it if you qualify.
My doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) were all relatively young, but they were all very caring. If you are not happy with the care you are getting is there somewhere else you can go? Can you possibly try to get the Mayo to see you again?
JK