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Any cure for people with Hepatitis C for headaches ?
A friend has hepatitis C. Her liver is due to the weak Hep C. I looked at a list of things that should be and to avoid more. She’s actually not take acetaminophen or ibuprofen, because it weakens the liver. However, they got a really bad headache today and could take anything to relieve the pain. Any ideas for home remedies to relieve headaches or other drugs can take it? Any advice would be appreciated.
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#2 written by Admiral_d 2 years ago
Yeah…..Go wash dishes by hand….to do this, you need to gather up all the dirty plates and pots and pans, and place them in the sink.
Get that sink full of dishes full of hot water and get your hands in there and wash those dishes…rinse with cool water….or luke warm water… and set them out to dry….
By the time you finish your dishes, [around 10-20 minutes], your headache should be gone or greately reduced.believe it or not, there is a hydrotherapy principle at work here…Headaches are caused by an excessive amount of blood going to the brain…Washing dishes or placing your hands in hot water and/or placing your feet in as hot as water as you can stand [please be careful not to scauld your feet/hand] actually pulls blood out of those hot areas and sends it to other areas to cool off…Result, people who have some very hot water on the hands long enough can actually get hot after 20 minutes….and if done correctly, hot enough to sweat without excercising….and reduce headaches…
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Most books say that the typical approach is low dose acetaminophen (500-1000mg) per day which most texts say isn’t too harmful, but that would probably assume you were not in the later stages. I hate to say it but in many cases I see narcotics being used such as a low acetaminophen hydrocodone combo. 10/325 or something like that to minimize the amount of tylenol. I have to say this but, opiate pain medications can be very addictive as I cannot suggest someone resort to that unless they are aware of the potential dangers if they aren’t already. Oxycodone is not supposed to be harmful to the liver, or at least not that any research has found yet that I’m aware of. So, that is sometimes used if the dr. feels it is appropriate. I would assume that a plain oxycodone pill minus the tylenol would be the best bet if absolutely necessary. I guess it would all depend on what other health problems you have and what parts of your gastrointestinal system are most sensitive. Even the oxycodone while not particularly harmful to your liver can cause constipation and that probably wouldn’t be real helpful if your friends liver is weak. It’s really tough to find a pain med that is side-effect free… although exedrin has always worked wonders for me, tylenol and aspirin by themselves do nothing, but small doses of caffeine are added to dilates the blood vessels.
I have been making a list of herbal remedies that are safe and effective, and it seems that she may find an answer there. Ultimately, it is up to her doctor to decide what is best suited for your friends case. Try searching the links below and perhaps you may find some info she can discuss with her doctor there.
There is a link below where you can find a lot of storys from others. The first is a topic on pain meds, and the other is just the entrance to a forum of countless others dealing with this disease.