The Case of the Disappearing Liver Disease: Uncovering an Ordinary Antibiotic’s Secret Power

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The Case of the Disappearing Liver Disease: Uncovering an Ordinary Antibiotic’s Secret Power

Every PSC patient should read this important article. This Stanford article shares the story about how Dr. Ken Cox discovered the use of vancomycin for PSC back in 1993!

He was treating the c. diff infection of a PSC and UC patient with vancomycin, and the patient’s PSC symptoms went away and his liver numbers decreased while he was on vancomycin. This article also covers the incredible story about Ellery—a two-year old girl with cirrhosis whose vancomycin treatment was so successful that she ended up NOT needing a liver transplant.

Read this article to hear these amazing stories and to learn about the promising science behind vancomycin for PSC.

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