CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Optimizing PBC Pruritus Care in the Clinic

Episode Summary

Listen as a panel of experts—including 2 hepatologists and a person living with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)—discuss ways to optimize pruritus care in the clinic, including the importance of asking patients about pruritus and clinical pearls about PBC pruritus treatment options.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Stuart C. Gordon, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD; Marlyn J. Mayo, MD; and Brenda Remo discuss strategies for optimizing PBC pruritus care in the clinic setting.

Listen to their conversation on how important it is to ask patients about their pruritus, validate their symptoms and feelings, and offer treatment options framed with realistic expectations.

Presenters:

Stuart C. Gordon, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD
Professor of Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Director, Division of Hepatology
Henry Ford Health 
Detroit, Michigan

Marlyn J. Mayo, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas

Brenda Remo
Person living with PBC

Downloadable slides: 
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Program: 
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