It so happens that for one reason or another, a cure for the liver is urgently needed, or rather, for it. After all, none of us is going to get rid of this organ if it has turned from a healthy into a sick one. A person cannot live without a liver. But to treat her with the help of tablets is quite possible. Our article is a brief overview of modern drugs that contribute to the healing and purification of the liver.
Hepatoprotectors - what is it
Those who want to find the best medicine for the liver need to learn as much as possible about the group of hepatoprotective drugs. These are drugs that, on the one hand, protect the liver from various harmful factors, and on the other hand, have the ability to restore its structure.
Hepatoprotectors positively affect the mechanisms of metabolism, reverse pathological biochemical processes caused by toxic effects or any disease, and generally increase the resistance of this organ to various harmful factors.
Experimental data showed that hepatoprotectors, these excellent liver repair medications, have a number of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulating properties. Today there are many tablets (their names will be given in this article) that can positively affect the health of an important organ.
In what cases hepatoprotective drugs help
Recovery drugs for the liver can be prescribed by your doctor for diseases such as:
- alcoholic hepatitis;
- viral hepatitis;
- fatty liver disease;
- 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 constitute a single hepatobiliary system and can have a direct effect on each other.
One important addition: no matter how good and expensive the medicine for the liver is, it cannot defeat the disease if the patient refuses to follow a diet and leads an unhealthy lifestyle (drinking alcohol, smoking, etc.). It is also important to visit a doctor on time and adhere to his recommendations.
Classification of hepatoprotectors
For order, we have classified all drugs for the liver. The list is below. All hepatoprotectors can be divided into drugs:
- plant origin;
- animal origin;
- essential phospholipids;
- amino acids;
- bile acids;
- homeopathic remedies.
Further, all these groups and the medicines that are included in them will be considered in more detail.
Plant hepatoprotectors
The following preparations in the form of tablets and capsules based on the plant of milk thistle have proven themselves very well:
- "Carsil" - brown tablets. An improved drug with a higher content of active substance - "Karsil forte" - a medicine for the liver in capsules.
- "Hepabene" - gelatin capsules with dry extract of milk thistle and medicinal smoky.
- "Legalon 140" in capsules. Its analogue is "Legalon 70".
- "Silimar" in tablets of light brown color.
Silymarin combines all these funds - it is this substance that is secreted from milk thistle that allows you to get a strong healing effect.
The following herbal preparations for the liver are artichoke tablets:
- "Cinaris" - is available in white tablets, refers to dietary supplements.
- "Hofigol" - a medicine for the liver in tablets and in solution.
- "Artichoke extract" - dietary supplement, available in tablet form.
In the listed preparations, the active substance is the substance cymarin secreted from artichoke - an analog of silymarin. Like drugs based on milk thistle, these tablets have almost no contraindications, with the exception of acute hepatitis and gallstone disease.
Special attention deserves the herbal preparation for the liver "Leaf 52". It is produced in the form of tablets of gray-green color with interspersed darker and lighter colors. It contains extracts of several plants: medicinal haze, black nightshade, chicory, white eclipts, spreading Berkhavia, philanthus niruri, etc. "Leaf 52" is a fairly universal drug, it can be used not only as a hepatoprotective and anti-inflammatory agent, but also in as an effective choleretic.
The number of plant hepatoprotectors includes drugs based on pumpkin seed oil. It:
Pumpkin itself is a very useful vegetable for liver diseases, as are its seeds, which contain in abundance the most useful polyunsaturated fatty acids. These healthy substances contain phytosterols - oleic and linoleic acids, vitamins C and B, essential oils, niacin, and beta-carotene. Doctors recommend taking medications containing pumpkin seed oil for chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis.
Essential phospholipids
This group of drugs is very in demand by people experiencing various problems with the hepatobiliary system. And the most famous drug is, of course, the popular liver medicine Essential Forte. The essential phospholipids that make up its composition are substances derived from soy. They are components of the cell walls of hepatocytes. Their action is this: penetrating the walls of damaged liver cells, they improve their function.
Essential Forte is a highly publicized drug, and therefore many people prefer to buy it, as the best medicine for the liver. However, there is an opinion based on scientific research that the components of tablets like Essentiale penetrate very poorly into 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, very high. Perhaps it makes sense to purchase a cheaper domestic medicine for the liver, the price of which is not so sky-high. After all, usually such drugs have to be taken in sufficiently long courses to obtain a sustainable healing effect, and this may require significant financial expenses.
In addition to Essentialia Forte, there are other phospholipids - medicines for the liver. You can read the list below:
- "Phosphoncial";
- Essliver Forte;
- "Rezalyut";
- "Phosphogliv";
- "Cheetah asset."
Tablets and solutions for animal liver health
Liver medicine in this group is hardly possible to buy without a prescription. These are serious drugs that must be taken exclusively as directed by the doctor. The most famous of them - "Hepatosan" and "Sirepar" - are made from pig liver cells and incorporate amino acids, low molecular weight metabolites, cyanocobalamin, as well as fragments of the growth substances of the liver.
Experts believe that these tablets have a pronounced hepatoprotective effect, strong antioxidant and detoxification properties and, in addition, are able to actively stimulate the recovery of the liver parenchyma. These pills can be prescribed to patients with diagnoses: cirrhosis, various hepatitis, fatty liver hepatosis. The drugs are really strong and have contraindications.
Another drug of animal origin is Progepar (contraindicated in children). This is a complex medicine in tablet form, it includes: cattle N liver extract, inositol, cysteine hydrochloride and cyanocobalomin. Thanks to the action of Progepar, liver functions can significantly improve; it is able to stop the growth of connective tissue in the liver cells, improve blood flow and restore the structure of hepatocytes.
Amino Acids
There are two amino acids used for liver diseases: ademetionin (drugs based on it - Heptral and Heptor) and ornithine (Gala-Merz preparation).
Ademethionine-based tablets are able to 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 important for sick people.
Ornithine, which is part of the Gala Merz preparation, is also used for hepatosis, and also for impaired brain functions caused by impaired liver function and toxic hepatitis. This tool is practically not used for preventive purposes, since it is quite expensive.
Bile Acid Tablets
For the treatment of the liver, drugs based on ursodeoxycholic bile acid are also used. These drugs are effective in the treatment of bile duct diseases not complicated by gallstone disease. They have a choleretic and hypoglycemic effect, lower cholesterol in bile, due to which they can dissolve cholesterol stones, cause an increase in gastric and pancreatic secretion, and also positively affect the immunological reactions that occur in the liver.
People who prefer to self-medicate and decide which medicine for the liver to choose on their own should 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, presence solid calculi in the gall bladder, etc. So it’s extremely dangerous to prescribe such drugs yourself and without preliminary examination. Here is a list of drugs with ursodeoxycholic acid:
- Urosan
- Urdoksa;
- Livodex;
- Ursofalk;
- Ursoliv;
- Ursofalk.
Homeopathic remedies
And what kind of medicine to restore the liver can homeopathy offer? These are imported drugs:
- Hepel (made in Germany);
- Galstena (Austria);
- "Hepar-compositum" (Germany).
It will not be amiss to recall that it is necessary to be treated with such medicines under the supervision of a qualified homeopathic doctor.
How to clean the liver
In this chapter, we will examine whether a cure for liver cleansing can be found. Such funds are available in pharmacies. It:
- "Sodium thiosulfate";
- "Magnesia";
- Holosas
- Sorbitol
- "Activated carbon".
All of these substances can be used to cleanse the liver at the same time as hepatoprotectors. Such complex therapy will contribute to a speedy recovery. But in order to start cleaning the liver, you must definitely get the doctor’s approval for this step. Since for some diseases such procedures can in no case be carried out.
Of all the above, the most gentle and gentle medicine for cleansing the liver is "Holosas" - a drug that is a sweet syrup of rose hips. We give a recipe for cleaning procedures using this tool:
1. Two separate infusions are prepared: from senna herb (200 g steamed with two glasses of boiling water) and raisins (200 g berries per half liter of boiling water). Two hours to allow both to insist, then strain and mix. You should get about one liter of liquid.
2. 300 ml of "Holosas" is added to the infusion of senna and raisins, and the resulting drug is stored in a cool place.
3. Every evening, one and a half hours after dinner, you need to drink 100 ml of tincture.
4. The entire cleaning course lasts 30 days. As the infusion ends, it must be done again. A monthly course requires approximately 3 liters of funds.
5. Such a cleansing by "Holosas" must be carried out, necessarily observing a diet in which fatty, smoked, spicy dishes are excluded. It is recommended to introduce buckwheat porridge, boiled beets, low-fat dietary meat, steamed vegetables, etc. into the diet.
The drug "Activated carbon" is also a fairly safe means of cleansing the liver. The easiest way to clean at home: on the first day, take one tablet, on the second - two, and then every day to the standard rate (1 tab. Per 10 kg of weight). Then you need to reduce the dosage in the same way in the opposite direction. The cycle is repeated twice.
Warning: activated carbon tablets are the strongest adsorbent and therefore are able to remove vital elements (minerals and vitamins) from the body along with harmful toxins. Therefore, after completing the cleaning course, it is strongly recommended to fill the deficiency of trace elements. Contraindications are: ulcerative colitis, duodenal ulcer and stomach ulcers, the use of anticancer drugs and radioprotectors.
How else can the liver help?
We have given a lot of information about what are the medicines for the liver. Reviews about different drugs are mixed. Sometimes people take expensive pills, but they don’t get the healing effect they were counting on. Perhaps, along with taking medications, they did not comply with the elementary rules of food hygiene, and this interfered with the process of restoration of the liver, and maybe they did not pay attention to the contraindications indicated in the instructions for the drug.
Be that as it may, we want to give a number of recommendations that can further help the treatment.
If there are problems with the liver, then you need to avoid overeating and eat food five, or even six times a day in small portions. This alone can significantly facilitate the work of not only the liver, but also the entire gastrointestinal tract.
It is better to refuse alcohol completely. Health is much more important than the dubious pleasure of periodic feasts with libations. Smoking also does not add liver health, so you should try to get rid of this habit completely and irrevocably.
If a large feast is expected ahead, you can prepare for it in order to ease the upcoming difficult work of the liver and the entire gastrointestinal tract to digest a huge amount of hard-to-digest food. To do this, it is recommended that before you sit down at the table, take a couple of such tablets as Mezim, Pancreatin, Panzinorm (these are pancreatic enzymes) and drink something from choleretic drugs (Tanacekhol, Allohol) , "Holosas", "Tanacehol"). Be sure to drink it with water! These simple measures will help the liver avoid unnecessary overload. Be healthy!