Ursodeoxycholic (ursodeoxycholic): Reviews and patient testimonials

Just to update on the UA unfortunately it didn't reduce the amount of stones that was producing.  This caused me to be admitted 5 times as stones were causing occasional blockages but each admission was hampered by severe infections which had to be treated by intravenous antibiotics followed by oral medication.  All along I had been told it was too dangerous to operate as I had so many adhesions and suffered with chronic nerve pain.  After I had my 5th admissions I was told that I urgently needed my gallbladder removed as there was a real risk I would develop sepsis in the bile duct.  Then there was a difficulty as no one wanted to perform the operation so I had the most senior and experienced surgeon in my county. He was brilliant the operation took over 9 1/2 hours as the infection was so severe that the gallbladder was turning to mush.  An abscess was leaking into the bile duct and the gallbladder had stuck to the bile duct, liver, bile duct and bowel which wasn't able to all be removed.  Still a week in HDU followed by nearly a week in a private ward in the main ward saw me make a recovery that had to continue at home for many months.  Now I'm fine and so grateful for the skill and patience of the wonderful surgeon who saved my life.  I can't express my thanks for what this amazing man did for me.  Never give up we never know who's just around the corner who can perform amazing operations even if it takes 3-4 times as long as it usually takes. Poor man missed his lunch and tea he must have been so hungry as well as shattered but what an absolutely brilliant man. 😀😊😉😇👨🏼‍⚕️

I'm new to treatment.

Having my 1st set of bloods since starting end of the week. so may find out if any improvement in that.

I have had some bad bowl motion since starting , presuming its a side effect.

Trying not to over indulge on fats,sugars and spice as this makes it worse :-(

Itching has reduced , however I still feel awfully fatigued most of the time.

I'm hoping this will improve over time. 

I took this medication for about a year but no obvious improvement for my condition.

I think that maybe I was to late when prescribed this drug as I still continued to develop gallstones. My gallbladder was full of them with one that was so large that the surgeon had difficulty removing it as his instrument couldn’t keep hold of it. It was all the small stones that cause the problems as they are the ones that escape and cause blockages.

i didn’t experience any obvious side effects but it was difficult to monitor as I have a number of chronic conditions which require different medication. 

This is a difficult one to assess as I’m prescribed it to stop the formation of further gallstones. My surgeon who prescribed these didn’t think that they were effective in dissolving gallstones. So until I require another ultrasound scan I will not know if they have been effective.