Deciding on treatment and liver biopsy

[ThomasTu]

@nisarr

Yes off course but with ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine here in our country a female has experienced now she has zero hbv DNA I’m also thinking to go through with the help of Ayurvedic.

Dear @nisarr,

Please do not promote Ayurvedic treatment here.

Firstly, there is no scientific evidence that this sort of treatment works.

More importantly, Ayurvedic treatment has been linked to liver toxicity and damage, with some people dying from it:

• Severe hepatotoxicity by Indian Ayurvedic herbal products

• Case series and review of Ayurvedic medication induced liver injury

• Ayurvedic Drug-Induced Liver Injury

• Herbal Medicines and Reactivation of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

• Comprehensive review of hepatotoxicity associated with traditional Indian Ayurvedic herbs

• Ayurvedic drug induced liver injury

• A Single‐Center Experience on Outcomes of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Patients With Cirrhosis

From the last paper, many patients that had liver failure from these complementary and alternative medicines (most commonly Ayurveda herbal medicines) died: “Overall, 53% of patients died (median survival 194 days).”

These can be very dangerous substances because they are not regulated (so anything could be in them). Please take care and do not encourage anyone (particularly with Hep B) to take these.

Thomas