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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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I have Wilson's Disease. I was diagnosed at age 21. I took Galzin with TTM for 6 months and have been taking it alone ever since. There are only two cons: having to take it on an empty stomach for ultimate effectiveness and price. This drug is not affordable. As far as I can tell, the drug works and is keeping me from dying of liver toxicity. The stomach pain I get is the same that I get fr
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Reviewer: OJ818, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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I have been on Galzin for over a decade to manage my WD and block excess copper. Overall my tests had always come back normal while on Galzin, but I could not stand taking Galzin in the morning on an empty stomach. With suggestion from my doctor, I had taken sandwich meat to help reduce some of the nausea, but it is recommended that you take Galzin on an empty stomach so that you can maximize ab
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Reviewer: SaraH568, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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My daughter and I both suffer from WD. We had taken Galzin for more than 5 years to block our copper. For a year now, we had switch over to Gluzin because Galzin had caused too much upset stomach irritation, nausea and vomitting. My daughter also had hard time swallowing, so she is now using 25 mg Gluzin, which comes in smaller capsule size. Our test has both come back normal. One other pro
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Reviewer: twin01, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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I take it immediately after eating so it does not upset my stomach. Good price
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Reviewer: dystonia man, 19-24 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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with the added help of TTM my copper levels are completely normal, altho im much worse than most(MASSIVE DAMAGE FROM DYSTONIA)
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