Is Milk Thistle really an effective treatment for HCV? Does it at least keep HCV from progressing?  What do we really know about it? Like any other herbal medicine, there are the believers and the non-believers. I’m not going to tell you which way to go on this one! I’m not a doctor and haven’t studied the research, or lack thereof on this issue.  Personally, I use Glucosamine for arthritis. Europeans are on board with it, but Americans say it’s iffy. It works for me. I guess the main question on Milk Thistle is the same as for other herbal medicines. If it is not effective,  is it at least safe? What is your take on this issue?

I know of some people who won’t even get a biopsy to determine if their HCV has progressed because they absolutely refuse to go on the currently available  Interferon based treatments. For people like this, wouldn’t it be ok to try Milk Thistle or would this give them a false sense of hope and mask what is really happening to their liver?

Here are a couple recent articles on Milk Thistle you might find interesting:

hepatitis – http://hepatitis-hepatitis.blogspot.com/

http://www.hepatitis-central.com/mt/

Please comment!

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