If you have any questions, your doctor or pharmacist will tell you how to break the tablets and how you should take them. This medication must be taken for months to have an effect. If you are taking ursodiol capsules to dissolve gall stones, you may need to take ursodiol for up to 2 years. Your gallstones may not completely dissolve, and even if your gallstones do dissolve you may have gallstones again within 5 years after successful treatment with ursodiol.
Continue to take ursodiol even if you feel well. Do not stop taking ursodiol without talking to your doctor. This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule.
Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. Ursodiol may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture not in the bathroom.
It is important to keep all medication out of sight and reach of children as many containers such as weekly pill minders and those for eye drops, creams, patches, and inhalers are not child-resistant and young children can open them easily. To protect young children from poisoning, always lock safety caps and immediately place the medication in a safe location — one that is up and away and out of their sight and reach.
Unneeded medications should be disposed of in special ways to ensure that pets, children, and other people cannot consume them. However, you should not flush this medication down the toilet.
Instead, the best way to dispose of your medication is through a medicine take-back program. In case of overdose, call the poison control helpline at If the victim has collapsed, had a seizure, has trouble breathing, or can't be awakened, immediately call emergency services at Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory. If you don't have any symptoms, active monitoring is often recommended. This means you won't receive immediate treatment, but you should let your GP know if you notice any symptoms.
As a general rule, the longer you go without symptoms, the less likely it is that your condition will get worse. You may need treatment if you have a condition that increases your risk of developing complications, such as:.
Treatment may also be recommended if a scan shows high levels of calcium inside your gallbladder, as this can lead to gallbladder cancer in later life. If you have episodes of abdominal pain biliary colic , treatment depends on how the pain affects your daily activities.
If the pain is mild and infrequent, you may be prescribed painkillers to control further episodes and be given advice about eating a healthy diet to help control the pain. If your symptoms are more severe and frequent, surgery to remove the gallbladder is usually recommended.
Some people may experience symptoms of bloating and diarrhoea after eating fatty or spicy food. If certain foods trigger symptoms, you may wish to avoid them in the future. If surgery is recommended, you'll usually have keyhole surgery to remove your gallbladder. This is known as a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. One larger cut about 2 to 3cm is made by the belly button and the others each 1cm or less will be on the right side of your abdomen.
Your abdomen is temporarily inflated using carbon dioxide gas. This is harmless and makes it easier for the surgeon to see your organs. A laparoscope a long, thin telescope with a tiny light and video camera at the end is inserted through one of the cuts in your abdomen. This allows your surgeon to view the operation on a video monitor. They'll remove your gallbladder using special surgical instruments.
If it's thought there may be gallstones in the bile duct, an X-ray or ultrasound scan of the bile duct is also taken during the operation. If gallstones are found, they may be removed during keyhole surgery. If the operation can't be done this way, or an unexpected complication occurs, it may have to be converted to open surgery.
After the gallbladder has been removed, the gas in your abdomen escapes through the laparoscope and the cuts are closed with dissolvable stitches and covered with dressings. Laparoscopic cholecystectomies are usually carried out under a general anaesthetic , which means you'll be unconscious during the procedure and won't feel any pain while it's carried out. In one study on 60 people with cholecystitis gallbladder inflammation , acupuncture was found to alleviate back pain , stomachache, and nausea, while also regulating the volume of the gallbladder.
It should be noted that this research does not look specifically at gallstones, and it may only relieve symptoms, rather than helping people to pass the stones. Some yoga poses are said to cure gallstones, although no studies support this claim.
The following poses are believed by some to be beneficial for people with gallstones:. If natural remedies do not treat gallstones effectively, then a person might want to consider medications or surgery. Smaller gallstones may be treated with bile acids such as ursodeoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid. Gallstones are often treated by removing the gallbladder. This ensures that the gallstones cannot re-form. Gallbladder removal surgery or cholecystectomy is one of the most common operations performed on American adults.
There are minimal side effects to gallbladder removal. Not all risk factors for gallstone formation can be modified, such as:. Therefore, preventative techniques should involve focusing on the factors that can be modified. The following tips may reduce the risk of gallstones for some people.
Women who eat more fruits and vegetables are less likely to have their gallbladders removed than women who eat very little fresh produce, according to a study. Also, other sources of fiber such as the psyllium husks mentioned earlier may be beneficial for the gallbladder.
As obesity increases the risk of gallstones, those who are overweight should aim to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. However, following a diet that is very low in calories per day can be a risk factor for gallstone formation, according to a study. However, those who ate between and calories a day for 12 weeks lost weight but were much less likely to get gallstones. People who suspect they have had a gallbladder attack should contact a doctor without delay to reduce the risk of future complications.
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Medically reviewed by Saurabh Sethi, M.
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