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What Is The Role Of Ursodeoxycholic Acid In Acute Viral Hepatitis?
Question: Is there any evidence based role of Ursodeoxycholic acid in acute viral hepatitis ?
Brief Answer:
Ursodeoxycholic acid & viral hepatitis.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXX.
Ursodeoxycholic acid is a secondary bile acids and is formed in colon as bacterial metabolites of primary bile acids(other secondary bile acids are deoxycholate & lithocholate).
Ursodeoxycholic acid is found in low concentration and is a STEREOISOMER of chenodexoycholic acid .
Viral hepatitis refers to a VIRAL INFECTIONS that primarily cause liver inflammation.
This means viral hepatitis is only caused by virus .
Only ANTI VIRAL DRUGS acts against all type of viral hepatitis and THERE IS NO ANY EVIDENCE BASED ROLE OF ursodeoxycholic acid in viral hepatitis .
This is a scientific proof taken from Grantz's manual clinic problems in infectious disease /sixth edition/2013 .
Hope this will be helpful for you.
Good luck
Ursodeoxycholic acid & viral hepatitis.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXX.
Ursodeoxycholic acid is a secondary bile acids and is formed in colon as bacterial metabolites of primary bile acids(other secondary bile acids are deoxycholate & lithocholate).
Ursodeoxycholic acid is found in low concentration and is a STEREOISOMER of chenodexoycholic acid .
Viral hepatitis refers to a VIRAL INFECTIONS that primarily cause liver inflammation.
This means viral hepatitis is only caused by virus .
Only ANTI VIRAL DRUGS acts against all type of viral hepatitis and THERE IS NO ANY EVIDENCE BASED ROLE OF ursodeoxycholic acid in viral hepatitis .
This is a scientific proof taken from Grantz's manual clinic problems in infectious disease /sixth edition/2013 .
Hope this will be helpful for you.
Good luck
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