The bile duct
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Hello Cindy, the anti-inflammatory drug is Meloxicam, I initially took it for arthritis and a bad shoulder only to discover the effect on my bile duct. We increased the dose from 7.5 mg. to 15 mg. and that is where I am….still getting along without a stent and it’s possible complications. I have Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) which is an inflammitory condition in the bile duct, this pill seems to keep things working for now….I am not a doctor or nurse, I am a patient who listens and asks questions and reads and researches anything I want to know about. I write this here to share my successful results from taking this medication hoping someone can also get positive results. The pill is low cost and generic is available, so other than taking it 15 minutes after a good meal there is not much to trying it. I hope this helps you Cindy…Pat
Hi Pat,
Can you tell me what anti-inflammatory you are taking? I am having a light stool that won’t go away… Thanks!
Cindy
Pat, Great and interesting post on the pesty bile duct. Glad you are still doing so well, you are our HERO especially for giving all the hope you give to others. Keep on keeping on as life is for the living!
The bile duct is an important little thing. It is the bodies sanitary sewer, it is a pathway for an important digestive enzyme critical for proper digestion of food. Both of these functions are vital, or required for long term health and virility. Most people never even think about their bile duct in their lifetime. It is not until something is not right in the bile duct that a doctor is consulted, and we then learn how important it is. I have made it a bit more than a year taking an anti inflammitory drug to control a restriction in my bile duct, and so far it has been working. If I miss my pill or forget it, I see a tan stool the next day or two, and upon taking the pill after missing it, I see a release of excess bile, then things seem fine again. An MRI a few years back showed scar tissue restriction at the point my bile duct was resected, this is where inflammation closes off my bile duct. For now I am able to put off a stent for an unknown time, and it seems to me the best way to go, and it is working. I admire all the brave people on this board who have faced so much more difficult battles with this little body part. You are all heroes in figuring out how this little component works and how to fix it when it doesn’t. I just want to share this simple solution to a problem that could have been treated in a much more difficult way with many possible side effects or new problems caused by the treatment. So as of today my bile duct seems to remain open and functions well as long as remember to take it, ( it is a medication that is very hard on your stomach, must be taken with food, and if not can cause a ‘bleed out’ as they call it, not good ) so there is no magic bullet but I hope something I have shared helps someone defer a stent for a while, take care, Pat
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