### instruction:
If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patient's description.

### input:
28/02/2013 SIR, MY MOTHER IS ABOUT 70 YRS, IS SUFFERING FROM PORTAL CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER & GALL- BLADDER STONES, TAKING UDILIV 300 MG SINCE 1998 (ABOUT 14 YRS), DOCTORS ARE STILL PRESCRIBING UDILIV-300 OR URSOCOL-300 TO CONTINUE TREATMENT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW - 1) MAY MY MOTHER CONTINUE THIS DRUG SUCH A LONG TIME ? 2) URSOCOL (URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID TABLETS) & UDILIV (URSODEOL / URSODESOXYCHOLIC TABLETS) ARE THE SAME DRUG OR DIFFERENT ? 3) IS THERE ANY OTHER SAME COMPOSITION DRUG IN CHEAPER PRICE ? I AM A PERSON OF VERY LOWER INCOME CATEGORY. PLEASE SEND YOUR VALUED SUGGESTION. email - YYYY@YYYY SAJAL BANERJEE 80/1/1 SITALA TALA LANE HINDMOTOR HOOGHLY

### output:

Hello! Thanks for putting your query in Chat Doctor. I am a Gastroenterologist (DM). Udiliv and protocol contain same salt i.e. ursodeoxycholic acid. You have mentioned symptoms, investigations, cause of cirrhosis. Ursodeoxycholic is not helpful once cirrhosis is established and there is normal transaminase levels. So it can be stopped hope I have answered your query and this will help you. Remain in touch and get-well soon.