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Anyone take Milk Thistle for liver repair?

Transplants | Last Active: Oct 4, 2023 | Replies (10)

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@rosemarya

Hi @echo2022. I have never taken milk thistle. My transplant was in 2009. In all honesty, I have never felt the need to add it or anything else to my vitamins/supplements unless recommended (or approved) by my transplant team. I personally have a bias against anything that ‘may help’. I encourage you to speak to your doctor because your transplanted liver is hopefully being well cared for with current transplant medications and monitoring.
Echo2022, Are you having symptoms that make you wonder about your liver health?

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I am studying in a community college. I often felt uncomfortable in the area of my liver in last semester. And there are red and very itchy bumps on my skin one after another like I was bit by the mosquito, but it is itchier, and it usually takes two weeks to go. It has been lasting for four months. In the blood tests, ALT was a little bit higher sometimes. Sometimes it was normal. My doctor just asked me to repeat the labs.
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