Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / April 2009
Bloodletting In Hepatitis C
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ironjustice - 10 Apr 2009 18:38 GMT Efficacy and safety of addition of minor bloodletting (petit phlebotomy) in hepatitis C virus-infected patients receiving regular glycyrrhizin injections. Tanaka N, Horiuchi A, Yamaura T, Komatsu M, Yokoyama T, Okaniwa S, Nagaya T, Yoshizawa K, Kiyosawa K, Aoyama T, Tanaka E. Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan, naopi@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
BACKGROUND: Hepatoprotective therapies that include regular glycyrrhizin injections (GIs) are beneficial for chronic hepatitis C patients, but are sometimes insufficient for normalizing serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. Here, we evaluated whether the addition of minor bloodletting, named petit phlebotomy (PP), prior to each GI could further reduce serum ALT concentrations in such patients. METHODS: Seventy-six hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients receiving regular GI, with persistently abnormal serum ALT levels, were randomly divided into GI + PP and GI groups and monitored for 12 months. PP was performed before every GI to a total 60 ml of blood a week. The primary PP endpoint was a serum ferritin level of less than 20 ng/ ml. PP was suspended upon reaching the endpoint, but was resumed as needed. The efficacy of the addition of PP was evaluated by measuring changes in serum ALT levels. RESULTS: Two patients in each group dropped out because of the appearance of hepatocellular carcinoma. The remainder completed the 12-month treatment with no serious adverse events. Serum ALT and ferritin levels were significantly decreased in the GI + PP group (from 67 +/- 34 to 44 +/- 14 U/l and from 163 +/- 127 to 25 +/- 21 ng/ ml, respectively, both P < 0.001), but these changes were not seen in the GI group. Although 20 patients in the GI + PP group had compensated cirrhosis, no significant reductions in serum albumin concentrations were observed. CONCLUSIONS: The addition of PP is effective and safe for improving serum aminotransferase levels in HCV-infected patients receiving regular GI, even in those with compensated cirrhosis.
PMID: 19352587
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rpautrey2 - 10 Apr 2009 19:03 GMT > PMID: 19352587
> Efficacy and safety of addition of minor bloodletting (petit > phlebotomy) [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > > DEAD PEOPLE WALKINGhttp://tinyurl.com/zk9fk ironjustice - 10 Apr 2009 19:39 GMT On Apr 10, 11:03 am, rpautrey2 <rpautr...@gmail.com> wrote:snip <<
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You were TOLD to take your useless shteating self somewhere .. else ..
You are dysfunctional ..
Remember when you shteaters cut my posts .. it is evidence of the dysfunctional predatorial nature of yours VERY common in men who prefer to have sex with boys ..
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/homosexual_movement_and_pedophilia/
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2006/10/3/21245/3789
http://predatorsafety.blogspot.com/2008/11/homosexual-grooming-of-chi... Predator Safety - Dedicated To The Protection Of Our Children
The previous posts by the shteaters in this thread .. evidence .. mental instability .. common to homosexuals .. IE: "Dysfunctional Homosexuals"
Efficacy and safety of addition of minor bloodletting (petit phlebotomy) in hepatitis C virus-infected patients receiving regular glycyrrhizin injections. Tanaka N, Horiuchi A, Yamaura T, Komatsu M, Yokoyama T, Okaniwa S, Nagaya T, Yoshizawa K, Kiyosawa K, Aoyama T, Tanaka E. Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan, na...@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
BACKGROUND: Hepatoprotective therapies that include regular glycyrrhizin injections (GIs) are beneficial for chronic hepatitis C patients, but are sometimes insufficient for normalizing serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. Here, we evaluated whether the addition of minor bloodletting, named petit phlebotomy (PP), prior to each GI could further reduce serum ALT concentrations in such patients. METHODS: Seventy-six hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients receiving regular GI, with persistently abnormal serum ALT levels, were randomly divided into GI + PP and GI groups and monitored for 12 months. PP was performed before every GI to a total 60 ml of blood a week. The primary PP endpoint was a serum ferritin level of less than 20 ng/ ml. PP was suspended upon reaching the endpoint, but was resumed as needed. The efficacy of the addition of PP was evaluated by measuring changes in serum ALT levels. RESULTS: Two patients in each group dropped out because of the appearance of hepatocellular carcinoma. The remainder completed the 12-month treatment with no serious adverse events. Serum ALT and ferritin levels were significantly decreased in the GI + PP group (from 67 +/- 34 to 44 +/- 14 U/l and from 163 +/- 127 to 25 +/- 21 ng/ ml, respectively, both P < 0.001), but these changes were not seen in the GI group. Although 20 patients in the GI + PP group had compensated cirrhosis, no significant reductions in serum albumin concentrations were observed. CONCLUSIONS: The addition of PP is effective and safe for improving serum aminotransferase levels in HCV-infected patients receiving regular GI, even in those with compensated cirrhosis.
PMID: 19352587
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rpautrey2 - 10 Apr 2009 19:43 GMT PMID: 19352587
> On Apr 10, 11:03 am, rpautrey2 <rpautr...@gmail.com> wrote:snip << > [quoted text clipped - 92 lines] > > DEAD PEOPLE WALKINGhttp://tinyurl.com/zk9fk ironjustice - 10 Apr 2009 19:57 GMT On Apr 10, 11:43 am, rpautrey2 <rpautr...@gmail.com> wrote:snip <<
You were TOLD to stay the FK away from .. me .. weren't ya .. shteater ..
Shteaters are not allowed here .. but elsewhere .. may .. be ok ..
Let me suggest you take your useless shteating self to .. alt.kook.shteating.mutated.disease.ridden.freaks ..
You are dysfunctional ..
Remember when you shteaters cut my posts .. it is evidence of the dysfunctional predatorial nature of yours VERY common in men who prefer to have sex with boys ..
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/homosexual_movement_and_pedophilia/
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2006/10/3/21245/3789
http://predatorsafety.blogspot.com/2008/11/homosexual-grooming-of-chi... Predator Safety - Dedicated To The Protection Of Our Children
The previous posts by the shteaters in this thread .. evidence .. mental instability .. common to homosexuals .. IE: "Dysfunctional Homosexuals"
Efficacy and safety of addition of minor bloodletting (petit phlebotomy) in hepatitis C virus-infected patients receiving regular glycyrrhizin injections. Tanaka N, Horiuchi A, Yamaura T, Komatsu M, Yokoyama T, Okaniwa S, Nagaya T, Yoshizawa K, Kiyosawa K, Aoyama T, Tanaka E. Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan, na...@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
BACKGROUND: Hepatoprotective therapies that include regular glycyrrhizin injections (GIs) are beneficial for chronic hepatitis C patients, but are sometimes insufficient for normalizing serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. Here, we evaluated whether the addition of minor bloodletting, named petit phlebotomy (PP), prior to each GI could further reduce serum ALT concentrations in such patients. METHODS: Seventy-six hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients receiving regular GI, with persistently abnormal serum ALT levels, were randomly divided into GI + PP and GI groups and monitored for 12 months. PP was performed before every GI to a total 60 ml of blood a week. The primary PP endpoint was a serum ferritin level of less than 20 ng/ ml. PP was suspended upon reaching the endpoint, but was resumed as needed. The efficacy of the addition of PP was evaluated by measuring changes in serum ALT levels. RESULTS: Two patients in each group dropped out because of the appearance of hepatocellular carcinoma. The remainder completed the 12-month treatment with no serious adverse events. Serum ALT and ferritin levels were significantly decreased in the GI + PP group (from 67 +/- 34 to 44 +/- 14 U/l and from 163 +/- 127 to 25 +/- 21 ng/ ml, respectively, both P < 0.001), but these changes were not seen in the GI group. Although 20 patients in the GI + PP group had compensated cirrhosis, no significant reductions in serum albumin concentrations were observed. CONCLUSIONS: The addition of PP is effective and safe for improving serum aminotransferase levels in HCV-infected patients receiving regular GI, even in those with compensated cirrhosis.
PMID: 19352587
Who loves ya. Tom
Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://tinyurl.com/2r2nkh
Man Is A Herbivore! http://tinyurl.com/4rq595
DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk
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