It happens that for one reason or another, a medicine for the liver is urgently needed, or rather it will be said for her. After all, none of us is going to get rid of this body, if he turned from a healthy into a sick person. Without a liver, a person can not live well. But to cure it with the help of tablets is quite possible. Our article is a brief review of modern drugs that promote the healing and cleansing of the liver.
Hepatoprotectors - what is it?
Those wishing to find the best medicine for the liver need to know as much as possible about the group of drugs-hepatoprotectors. These are such medicines that, on the one hand, protect the liver from various harmful factors, and on the other - have the ability to restore its structure.
Hepatoprotectors have a positive effect on the mechanisms of metabolism, reverse the pathological biochemical processes caused by toxic effects or any disease, and increase the overall resistance of this organ to various harmful factors.
Experimental data have shown that hepatoprotectors - these excellent drugs for liver repair - have a number of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory properties. Today, there are many tablets( their names will be given in this article), which can positively influence the health of an important organ.
In what cases are the drugs-hepatoprotectors
? Restorative drugs for the liver can be prescribed by the attending physician for such diseases as:
- alcoholic hepatitis;
- viral hepatitis;
- fatty liver disease;
- is a medicinal hepatitis, as well as for preventive purposes.
In some cases, hepatoprotectors are recommended for diseases of the pancreas, gall bladder and spleen - all these organs together with the liver form a single hepatobiliary system and can have the most direct impact on each other. One important supplement: no matter how good and expensive the liver medicine is, it can not defeat the disease if the patient refuses to follow a diet and leads an unhealthy lifestyle( drinking alcoholic drinks, smoking, etc.).It is also important to visit the doctor on time and adhere to his recommendations.
Classification of hepatoprotectors
For order, we classified all drugs for the liver. The list is given below. All hepatoprotectors can be divided into preparations:
- of vegetable origin;
- of animal origin;
- essential phospholipids;
- amino acids;
- bile acids;
- homeopathic remedies.
Further, all these groups and medicines included in them will be considered in more detail.
Vegetable hepatoprotectors
The following preparations are very well proven in the form of tablets and capsules based on the plant thistle spotted:
- "Karsil" - brown tablets. An improved drug with a higher content of active ingredient - "Karsil forte" - a medicine for the liver in capsules.
- "Gepabene" - gelatin capsules with dry extract of milk thistle and medicinal smoky.
- "Legalon 140" in capsules. Its analog is "Legalon 70".
- "SILIMAR" in tablets of light brown color.
All these products unite silymarin - it is this substance released from milk thistle that allows you to get a strong healing effect.
The following herbal preparations for the liver are artichoke tablets:
- "Tsinaris" - is produced in white tablets, refers to dietary supplements.
- "Hofigol" - a medicine for the liver in tablets and in solution.
- "Artichoke Extract" - BAA, is available in tablet form.
In the above preparations, the active substance is artificially isolated from the artichoke, cimarin, an analog of silymarin. Like preparations based on milk thistle, these tablets have almost no contraindications except for acute hepatitis and cholelithiasis.
A special attention deserves a plant preparation for the liver "Leaf 52".It is produced in the form of tablets of gray-green color with impregnations of darker and lighter colors. It contains extracts of several plants: medicinal hazelnuts, black nightshade, chicory, ecliptic white, berghavia sprawling, philanthus, niruri, etc. "Leaf 52" is quite a universal drug, it can be used not only as a hepatoprotective and anti-inflammatory agent, but also inas an effective cholagogue.
The plant hepatoprotectors also include preparations based on pumpkin seed oil. These are:
- "Peonen";
- "Tykveol".
The pumpkin itself is a very useful vegetable for liver diseases, as well as its seeds, in which there are in abundance the most useful polyunsaturated fatty acids. In these substances that are valuable for health there are phytosterols - oleic and linoleic acids, vitamins C and B, essential oils, niacin, beta-carotene. Drugs containing pumpkin seed oil, doctors advise taking with chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis of the liver.
Essential phospholipids
This group of drugs is very much in demand for people experiencing various problems with the hepatobiliary system. And the most famous drug is, of course, the popular liver medicine Essential forte. Essential phospholipids included in its composition are substances obtained from soy. They are components of the cell walls of hepatocytes. Their action is this: by penetrating the walls of damaged liver cells, they improve their function.
Essential forte is a highly advertised drug, and so many people prefer to buy it as the best medicine for the liver. However, there is an opinion based on research data that the components of tablets like Essentiale very poorly penetrate the liver itself, and instead are distributed throughout the body, which casts doubt on the effectiveness of such imported drugs, the cost of which, by the way,is very high. Perhaps it makes sense to buy a more inexpensive domestic medicine for the liver, the price of which is not so high. After all, usually these drugs have to take long enough courses to obtain a sustainable health effect, and this can require significant financial expenditure.
In addition to Essential forte, there are other phospholipids - drugs for the liver. The list can be read below:
- "Phosphontsiale";
- "Essler forte";
- "Resalute";
- "Phosphogliv";
- "Hepagard Active".
Tablets and solutions for liver health of animal origin
The liver medicine included in this group can hardly be bought without a prescription. These are serious drugs that must be taken solely for the doctor's prescription. The most famous of them - "Hepatosan" and "Sirepar" - are produced from hepatic pig cells and have amino acids, low-molecular metabolites, cyanocobalamin, and fragments of liver growth substances.
Specialists believe that these tablets have a pronounced hepatoprotective effect, strong antioxidant and detoxifying properties and, in addition, are able to actively stimulate the restoration of liver parenchyma. These pills can be given to patients with diagnoses: cirrhosis, various hepatitis, fatty liver hepatosis. Medications are really strong and have contraindications for use.
Another preparation of animal origin is "Progepar"( contraindicated to children).This complex drug is in tablet form, it includes: liver extract of cattle N, inositol, cysteine hydrochloride and cyanocobalamin. Thanks to the action of "Progepar", liver function can be significantly improved, it can stop the growth of connective tissue in the liver cells, improve blood flow and restore the structure of the hepatocytes.
Drugs-amino acids
There are two amino acids used for liver diseases: ademethionine( preparations on its basis - "Heptral" and "Heptor") and ornithine( preparation "Gala-Merz").
Ademethionine-based tablets can effectively break down fats and remove them from the liver, which is why they are often prescribed for fatty hepatosis. An additional pleasant bonus of these drugs is that they also have an antidepressant effect, which is of great importance for sick people.
Ornithine, part of the "Gala-Merz" preparation, is also used for hepatosis, and in addition, with impaired brain function caused by impaired liver function and toxic hepatitis. This tool is practically not used for preventive purposes, since it is quite expensive.
Bile acid in tablets
Drugs based on ursodeoxycholic bile acid are also used to treat the liver. These drugs are effective in the treatment of bile duct disease, not complicated by cholelithiasis. They have choleretic and hypoglycemic action, lower the cholesterol content in bile, due to which they can dissolve cholesterol stones, cause an increase in gastric and pancreatic secretion, and also positively influence the immunological reactions occurring in the liver.
People who prefer to engage in self-treatment and decide independently which liver medicine to choose, it is necessary to know that preparations based on bile acid have serious contraindications: impaired functions of the pancreas, liver and kidneys, inflammatory processes in the acute stage in the gastrointestinal tract,the presence of solid concrements in the gallbladder, etc. So it is extremely dangerous to prescribe these drugs yourself and without preliminary examination. Here is a list of drugs with ursodeoxycholic acid:
- "Urosan";
- "Urdoksa";
- "Livedovsa";
- "Ursofalk";
- "Ursoliv";
- "Ursofalk".
Homeopathic remedies
And what medicines can homeopathy offer to restore the liver? These are imported preparations:
- "Hepel"( Germany);
- "Galstena"( Austria);
- "Gepar-compositum"( Germany).
It will not be out of place to remind that such medications should be treated under the supervision of a qualified homeopathic doctor.
How to clean the liver
In this chapter, we will look at whether it is possible to find a medicine for cleaning the liver. Such funds are available in pharmacies. These are:
- "Sodium thiosulfate";
- "Magnesia";
- "Holosas";
- "Sorbitol";
- "Activated carbon".
All of these substances can be used to purify the liver simultaneously with the methods of hepatoprotectors. Such a complex therapy will promote a speedy recovery. But in order to begin to clean the liver, it is necessary to get the doctor's approval for this step. Since in some diseases such procedures can not be carried out in any case.
Of all the above, the most gentle and gentle medicine for cleaning the liver is "Holosas" - a drug that is a sweet syrup of rose hips. Here is the recipe for cleaning procedures using this tool:
1. Two separate infusions are prepared: from the grass senna( 200 grams steaming with two glasses of steep boiling water) and from raisins( 200 g of berries per half-liter of boiling water).Two hours to give both the infusion, after filter and mix. It should be approximately one liter of liquid.
2. 300 ml of "Holosas" is added to infusion of Senna and raisins, and the obtained drug is stored in a cool place.
3. Every evening after an hour and a half after dinner you need to drink 100 ml of tincture.
4. The entire treatment course lasts 30 days. As the infusion is finished, it needs to be done again. A monthly course requires approximately 3 liters of funds.
5. Such cleansing "Holosas" should be carried out, without fail observing a diet in which fatty, smoked, spicy dishes are excluded. It is recommended to introduce buckwheat porridge, beets of boiled, low-fat diet meat, steamed vegetables, etc.
"Activated charcoal" is also a safe means of liver cleansing. The easiest way to clean at home: the first day take one pill, the second - two, and then on days to the standard rate( 1 tablet per 10 kg of weight).Then it is necessary to reduce the dosage according to the same scheme in the opposite direction. The cycle is repeated twice.
Warning: Activated carbon tablets are the strongest adsorbent and are therefore able to remove vital elements( minerals and vitamins) along with harmful toxins. Therefore, after completing the course of cleaning, it is highly recommended to fill the deficiency of trace elements. Contraindications are: ulcerative colitis, ulcers of the duodenum and stomach, the use of antitumor drugs and radioprotectors.
How else can I help the liver?
We have given a lot of information about what medicines are available for the liver. Reviews about different drugs are mixed. Sometimes people take expensive pills, but do not get the health effect they expected. Perhaps, along with taking medications, they did not observe the elementary rules of food hygiene, and this prevented the process of liver repair, and perhaps did not pay attention to the contraindications specified in the instructions to the drug.
Anyway, we want to give a series of recommendations that can additionally help the treatment.
If liver problems are observed, you should avoid overeating and eat five or even six times a day in small portions. This alone can greatly facilitate the work not only of the liver, but of the entire gastrointestinal tract.
It's better to give up alcohol altogether. Health is more important than the dubious pleasure of periodic feasts with libations. Smoking also does not add to the liver of health, so from this habit one must try to get rid completely and irrevocably.
If an abundant feast is expected ahead, you can prepare for it in order to ease the liver and the entire gastrointestinal tract of the upcoming difficult job of digesting a huge amount of intractable food. For this purpose, it is recommended to take a couple of tablets, such as Mezim, Pancreatin, Penzinorm( pancreatic enzymes) before eating at the table, and drink something from cholagogue( Tanacesole, Allochol,, "Holosas", "Tanasezhol").To wash down necessarily with water! These simple measures will help the liver to avoid unnecessary overload. Be healthy!