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Diagnosed with primary bilary cirrhosis and take ursodial and milk thistle, no itching or pain. what pain medication can i take for headache.

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Aspirin: The safest drug for pain in your conditin is aspirin. Most drugs go directly to the liver to be metabolized. I would hestate to take narcotics of any type since that is so.

Answered 9/28/2016

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A member asked:

Diagnosed with primary bilary cirrhosis and take ursodial and milk thistle, no itching or pain. what pain medication can i take for headache.

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Dr. Stanley Lightfoot answered

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