What are the immunomodulatory drugs for treating hepatitis?

Under normal circumstances, immunomodulatory drugs are commonly used as adjunctive therapy in hepatitis treatment to improve immune function and help control inflammation. Patients may use medications such as thymopeptide enteric-coated tablets, transfer factor oral solution, lentinan tablets, pidotimod dispersible tablets, and recombinant human interferon α2b injection under medical guidance. Specific analyses are as follows:

1. Thymopeptide Enteric-Coated Tablets

Thymopeptide enteric-coated tablets are extracted from the thymus of healthy calves and contain bioactive polypeptides. These promote the maturation of T lymphocytes, enhance cellular immune function, regulate immune balance, help reduce hepatic inflammatory responses in patients with hepatitis, and assist the body in fighting viral infections.

2. Transfer Factor Oral Solution

The main components of transfer factor oral solution include polypeptides and polynucleotides. It transfers immunological information from donors to recipients, activates recipient immune cells, enhances both specific and non-specific immunity, improves immune defense in hepatitis patients, and helps control the progression of liver lesions.

3. Lentinan Tablets

Lentinan tablets primarily contain lentinan, a natural polysaccharide that can activate immune cells such as macrophages and T lymphocytes, strengthen the body's immune response, regulate immune dysfunction, help reduce liver inflammation in hepatitis patients, and promote recovery of liver function.

4. Pidotimod Dispersible Tablets

Pidotimod dispersible tablets are synthetically produced immunostimulants and immunomodulators. They promote lymphocyte proliferation and activation, enhance the phagocytic capacity of neutrophils and macrophages, improve overall immune function, strengthen anti-infective ability in hepatitis patients, and reduce inflammatory damage to the liver.

5. Recombinant Human Interferon α2b Injection

Recombinant human interferon α2b injection has broad-spectrum antiviral and immunomodulatory effects. It induces the production of antiviral proteins in the body, inhibits replication of hepatitis viruses, and enhances the ability of immune cells to recognize and eliminate virus-infected cells, thereby helping to control the progression of hepatitis.

In daily life, it is important to maintain healthy habits, avoid alcohol consumption to reduce metabolic burden on the liver, and refrain from eating greasy or spicy foods—such as fried foods and chili peppers—to prevent interference with liver recovery.