The treatment of Fabry disease with D+galactose

This is not a medical recommendation!


We would also prefer the treatment with a Fabry-specific therapy by physicians!


Due to the distress created by the discontinuation of therapy by Fabry specialists in some Fabry patients with GVUS, some patients self-treat with D+galactose.
Fabrienne explains possible risks and benefits of Fabry treatment with galactose in her video.

Cited studies:

Okumiya T, Ishii S, Takenaka T, Kase R, Kamei S, Sakuraba H, Suzuki Y.Galactose stabilizes various missense mutants of alpha-galactosidase in Fabry disease. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1995 Sep 25;214(3):1219-24. doi: 10.1006/bbrc.1995.2416. PMID: 7575533.

Frustaci A, Chimenti C, Ricci R, Natale L, Russo MA, Pieroni M, Eng CM, Desnick RJ. Improvement in cardiac function in the cardiac variant of Fabry’s disease with galactose-infusion therapy. N Engl J Med. 2001 Jul 5;345(1):25-32. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200107053450104. PMID: 11439944.