Fatigue has a significant effect on the condition of patients with liver disease. Adåmethionine is considered one of the most promising drugs for its treatment. Aim. To systematize the published data on the treatment of hepatogenic fatigue with àdåmethionine. Materials and methods. Search was performed using databases PubMed, EMBASE, Embase ® , Medline ® , eLIBRARY.ru, published in 1952-2018. Results and discussion. 16 articles were found on the use of àdåmethionine in liver diseases and the assessment of the dynamics of the symptom of fatigue, including 1 double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, 3 open randomized studies; most of the works were multicenter open observation programs. The studies included 3238 patients (of which 2820 were included in the final data analysis) and a wide range of liver diseases: alcoholic liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, cirrhosis of different causes, viral hepatitis, drug-induced liver injury. Different doses, routes of administration of àdåmethionine and the duration of the course were used. Conclusions. Ademethionine, regardless of the route of administration, is effective in the treatment of fatigue due to different liver disease in the short and long term. The dose-dependent effect of the drug and the possibility of maintaining post-effect after end of the treatment course should be assumed, but this requires further study in randomized clinical trials.
Translated title of the contributionAdamethionine in the treatment of fatigue in liver diseases: A systematic review
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)134-142
Number of pages9
JournalТЕРАПЕВТИЧЕСКИЙ АРХИВ (TERAPEVTICHESKII ARKHIV)
Volume91
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

    Research areas

  • ADEMETIONINE 1,4-BUTANEDISULPHONATE, FOLLOW-UP, INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS, PRIMARY BILIARY-CIRRHOSIS, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, RAT-BRAIN, S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE, S-adenosylmethionine, TNF-ALPHA, TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, TUMOR-NECROSIS-FACTOR, ademethionine, fatigue, liver disease, treatment, Liver disease, Fatigue, Ademethionine, Treatment

    Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine(all)

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