A 40-year-old member asked:
What is it take to dissolving large gallstones naturally?
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Dr. Joey Bluhmanswered
Surgery 19 years experience
Nothing: There is not medicine to dissolve gallstones naturally. In fact, if there were such a medicine, i would be cautious in its use, as breaking up a stone makes it easier for the stone to pass into the biliary system potentially causing obstruction or pancreatitis.
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