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"More than 15,000 patients have been successfully treated in Europe," says Dr. Whelan, "and we hope our study will pave the way for a new treatment option for North American patients."

Unfortunately, lithotripsy for gallstones was opposed by the FDA and by a lobby group of American surgeons. So, lithotripsy for gallstones is no longer available in the United States or Canada. Lithotripsy for kidney stones is a well established procedure with minimal complications.

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Dr. Noel Williams recently completed a study of severely overweight women, who underwent surgery for weight reduction. Half the women were put on UDCA and the other half were not. There was a dramatically reduced incidence of gallstones in the group that received the preventative treatment.

In fact, Dr. Williams recommends that women who are planning to lose large amounts of weight over a short period of time (30 or 40 pounds over three months or less) take UDCA to prevent gallstones from developing.

Women who have already developed gallstones as a result of rapid weight loss, says Dr. Noel Williams in the Canadian Journal of Diagnosis (May/91), are not at risk for further gallstone formation once their weight is stable. These women, says Dr. Williams, are ideal candidates for UDCA therapy to dissolve the gallstones. After the stones are dissolved, "the treatment can be discontinued with the expectation of no reoccurrence of the gallstones."

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The higher dose pill did increase the risk of gallstone formation. Women on both the high and lower dose pill have a greater risk than non-users of having gallbladder stones requiring surgery. Most cases of painful and symptomatic gallbladder disease occur in the first one to three years of pill use.

Pregnancy, especially multiple pregnancies, may also predispose to gallstone formation, especially when combined with being overweight.

Since women have a higher incidence of gallstones in any case, says Dr. Williams, it is difficult to separate this tendency from the effects of natural or artificial hormones alone.

At a 1990 conference on gallstone disease held in Rome, Italy, the issue of whether or not the pill or hormones used for menopause caused gallstones, was hotly debated. It was concluded that neither low dose birth control pills or hormone replacement were important factors in gallstone formation.

However after hormone replacement, women are more likely to have gallbladder surgery. One study suggests that the risk of gallbladder disease in estrogen users persists after the drug is discontinued. Also, according to the Lancet report on the conference, women with gallstones who take the pill are operated on earlier and more frequently.

In fact estrogen receptor sites have been found in the gallbladder, suggesting that hormones act by affecting the gallbladder secretions directly.

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Some have reported a "post cholecystectomy syndrome" with food intolerance, indigestion, heartburn or diarrhea and abdominal cramps.

In addition, there have been several studies which suggested an association between gallbladder removal and an increased incidence of right sided colon cancer in women. This is thought to be due to the possible cancer causing effect of increased amounts of bile salts circulating in the bowels. About 50 percent of studies have shown this association and 50 percent have not. To date, the connection between having the gallbladder removed and the increase in colon cancer is unclear.

It remains to be seen whether the removal of the gallbladder could cause long-term health effects.

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