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Which patients with liver disease are suitable for liver protection drugs?
Can liver-protective drugs damage the liver? Can it be used for long-term?
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1. Which liver disease patients are suitable for taking hepatoprotective drugs?
2. Will hepatoprotective drugs damage the liver? Can I take it for a long time?
Actually not all people with chronic liver disease need to take hepatoprotective drugs. Generally speaking, hepatoprotective drugs refer to drugs that inhibit liver inflammation, promote liver cell regeneration, and assist liver detoxification. For the selection of hepatoprotective drugs, the principles of simplicity and safety should be followed. Hepatoprotective drugs should not be abused in large quantities.
When did I start using it?
When do I need to reduce the amount during use?
When do I need to stop my medication?
These questions should be done after consulting a doctor, and should not be used arbitrarily.
The treatment of liver disease should focus on the treatment of the cause. For example, both hepatitis B and C should be actively treated with antiviral therapy.
Patients with normal liver function generally do not need to take hepatoprotective drugs. When the liver function is obviously abnormal, on the basis of the treatment of the cause, the liver protection drugs can be appropriately selected.
In daily life, many people like to use liver protection drugs as a liver protection tool. In fact, hepatoprotective drugs cannot be abused for a long time.
Especially the general population, the mechanism of action and adverse reactions of liver-protecting drugs are not very clear, and liver-protecting drugs should not be used arbitrarily.
In the absence of a diagnosis of whether there is a disease in the liver and what kind of disease there is, taking hepatoprotective drugs on your own may delay the disease and increase the burden on the liver.
As we all know, liver-protective drugs are also metabolized by the liver. Taking a large amount of hepatoprotective drugs for a long time will also increase the burden on the liver, which will be counterproductive.
Therefore, we do not recommend long-term use of hepatoprotective drugs. When liver function is impaired, hepatoprotective drugs can help the liver relieve the condition. But we must remember that for the treatment of chronic liver disease, the treatment of the cause is always the most critical treatment!
Source of this article: Liver Cancer Online
The author of this article: Liver and Gallbladder
Editor in charge: XU
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