Nature's Answer Alcohol-Free Milk Thistle 1 Ounce Extract | Supports Hepatic System | Vegan | Non-GMO | Gluten Free | Kosher

We adopted a lovebird with Fatty Liver disease; it was recommended to us that we get him a Milk Thistle product with no alcohol. Have you ever tried finding milk thistle extract without alcohol? Locally, it's impossible. After going to one health food store after another, I could not find any of them that were suitable. And $11 or more a bottle, besides that. When I found this product on Amazon plus S&S, it was a miracle! And this product works great. I do not use this for people, just on my pet, so my review is pet-specific. Don't dose a bird directly with this product. Don't put it in their water either, unless you monitor them. My lovebird stopped drinking his water because of the taste of this product in it. So, I had to buy Avi-Cakes. We had weaned my bird off seed (the cause of his fatty liver disease) but he's still a seed craver, so the AviCake was the perfect solution. It's 50% seed and 50% pellet, I soak a square (the equivalent to about a teaspoon of seed/pellets) every morning with about 6 drops of the Milk Thistle extract, and I know he gets some of this every morning that way. Not enough seed to exacerbate his liver disease but definitely he is getting therapeutic benefits from the product. He is 11 this year, and we've had him 3 years. He had fatty liver disease before we got him (who knows how long) and he really should not still be alive, but he is! And he's healthy. Since starting the milk thistle two years ago (i used another brand that became unavailable) he has had a dramatic increase in feathering. Before, all his growth went into the massive beak he was growing due to the fatty liver disease. I love this milk thistle product, it works!! UPDATE 06-2013: He's now been on milk thistle for four years, and last year his beak growth changed. When we got him, he had this MASSIVE thick top beak that just would not stop growing. Now, the top beak growth is normal. It's just his BOTTOM beak that grows now, but it's not huge and thick like the top beak. We have to have his bottom beak trimmed 2x a month (nowhere near normal for a healthy bird in case you wonder). But, his feathering is like a normal bird now and his toenails even grow normally as well. (Before, they hardly grew, and he had poor feathering. EVERYTHING went into making that huge honking Jimmy-Durante beak!) He's 12 this year, he's had fatty liver for four years (no doubt longer) and he is active, bright-eyed, and healthy. I was able to start adding the milk thistle to his water at long last, but it took years of trying before he would accept it in his water.

Got this for my 12-yr old male after he had eaten some houseplant material which he should not have gotten into. It made him pretty sick with vomiting, lethargy, etc. Have since gotten rid of my pothos... The way I administer it to him is in his wet food by the drop. I read that one drop contains approx. 35 mg of milk thistle. I make a small depression into a pile of his canned food, drop 1 drop into it and cover it up into a mound. Don't stir! He cannot taste or smell it and gobbles it right down. Over a couple of weeks I plan to increase the drops gradually probably working up to about 3/day in his biggest meal at night. He only weighs around 10 lbs. For a bigger animal or a dog, I think dosing by weight like this is probably going to be fine. The only thing to consider is not to increase the dosage too fast, to allow the liver to gradually cleanse itself and not overwhelm the body with too many toxins all at once. He seems much more energetic even after just 4 days and seems to have had no adverse reaction whatsoever to the milk thistle. I take it too and find it tastes just fine by the way. The glycerin sweetens the taste. I think it 's a wonderful product for humans as well as animals.

I used it (in addition to Nature's Answer Vitex Berry, 1-Ounce & Nature's Answer Black Cohosh Root, 1-Ounce) as directed on label to relieve severe pain symptoms I had (for over 8 plus months, 09/12-05/13) due to diagnosed fibroids and ovarian cycsts. I won't lie I was taking them individually at first, then I just started mixing them together during each dosing, mixing them with just enough grapefruit juice to get it down cause the tastes are horrid... alone and in water. But I started noticing the pain slowly dulling for me after a week or so of continued consistent use. Now I've used them all up, except for a corner in each bottle and I'm ordering more as soon as I can and will take them at least twice a week for maintenance to keep the pain away, and help the herbs last longer so I won't have to buy them so frequently. But I will continue to take these herbs and others forever, cause it really worked for me. I even noticed that my "monthly comma" was better than it's ever been that I can recall. And taking these naturally remedies are far and wide better to me than the craziness the doctors wanted me to do, especially when I am seeking a cure or as close as I can get to one and not the band-aid they wanted to prescribe that would line their pockets and keep me dependent of them forever. So I highly recommend these products, they worked for me and my former issues, but read everything closely to make sure it lines up with your symptoms, follow the directions to the "T", and for goodness sake get it a reasonable time period to work, they are herbs after all, not the man-made stuff that was created to act instantly. To all whom are ailing, God has something for every ailment, trust Him to guide you to it like He did for me, if you so choose. Happy Healthing!

My cat has a liver disease, so the vet recommended it because he's famous for spitting up his pills. Apparently this has a bitter taste, because he hates it, and it ends up all over our walls from all his drooling. But I think its a good product.

I add this to my smoothie every morning

Only after my LFT test will come to know the effects. Till the time I reserve my comments. Product quality and packing is good.

Muy muy bueno

Excellent cleanse for liver