What are the liver-protecting medications for patients with liver disease?

Dec 30, 2024 Source: Cainiu Health

Dr. Gao Jun

Introduction

In general, liver-protecting medications for patients with liver disease include ingredients such as diphenyl dimethyl dicarboxylate tablets, reduced glutathione for injection, polyene phosphatidylcholine, compound glycyrrhizin tablets, and silybin capsules. It is also important to maintain adequate sleep, avoid staying up late and excessive fatigue. Properly managing work and rest schedules, and maintaining a cheerful mood can help reduce the burden on the liver and promote liver health.

Generally, hepatoprotective drugs for patients with liver disease include ingredients such as bifendate tablets, reduced glutathione for injection, polyene phosphatidylcholine, compound glycyrrhizin tablets, and silybin capsules. Detailed explanations are as follows:

1. Bifendate Tablets

Bifendate tablets can lower elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. They act quickly and significantly reduce enzyme levels. These tablets are suitable for treating chronic persistent hepatitis and post-hepatitis cirrhosis accompanied by persistently elevated ALT levels, as well as ALT elevation caused by chemical toxins or drugs.

2. Reduced Glutathione for Injection

Reduced glutathione for injection improves the synthetic function of the liver, promotes bile acid metabolism, and aids in the elimination of toxic substances. It has detoxification and hormone inactivation functions and provides protective effects against liver damage caused by various factors.

3. Polyene Phosphatidylcholine Capsules

Polyene phosphatidylcholine capsules are phospholipids extracted from soybeans. They can repair damaged hepatocyte membranes or organelle membranes and restore membrane function. As exogenous phospholipid components, they increase membrane fluidity and play an important role in hepatocyte regeneration and reconstruction.

4. Compound Glycyrrhizin Tablets

Compound glycyrrhizin tablets are commonly used in clinical practice as hepatoprotective agents. Their main components include glycyrrhizin, glycine, methionine, etc. They have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and immune-regulating effects, effectively improving abnormal liver function and alleviating symptoms of liver disease.

5. Silybin Capsules

Silybin capsules are natural active substances extracted from milk thistle seeds, with strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. They protect the integrity and stability of hepatocyte membranes and promote regeneration and repair of liver cells.

In daily life, it is important to maintain adequate sleep and avoid staying up late or overexertion. Work and rest should be reasonably scheduled, and maintaining a pleasant mood helps reduce the burden on the liver and promotes liver health.

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Under normal circumstances, patients with liver disease need to control their diet and medication use. It is not recommended to consume foods such as fried chicken, white spirits (hard liquor), pork belly, high-sugar cakes, or preserved pork products. Medication use should follow medical advice, and self-administration of drugs such as acetaminophen tablets, ketoconazole capsules, isoniazid tablets, simvastatin tablets, and methotrexate tablets is not advised. A detailed analysis is as follows:

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