Efficacy of glutathione in the treatment of viral hepatitis

Objective:To observe the efficacy and safety of glutathione in the treatment of viral hepatitis.Methods:In the series,106 patients with viral hepatitis were randomly divided into groups A and B.Patients in group A received glutathione for four weeks,patient in group B received potassium magnesium aspartate for four weeks.Results:In Group A,at the end of treatment,the effective rate for tired and anorexia in patients with actue hepatitis were94.4% and 88.9%,respectively,in patients with chronic hepatitis were 88.7%,85.7%,which were significantly higher than that in group B(P0.05).STB,SCB,TBA,ALT and AST were lower in group A than in group B(P0.05).The increase of albumin after treatment was more significant in group A than in group B(P0.05).Conclusion:Glutathione has better efficacy than potassium magnesium aspartate in the treatment of patients with viral hepatitis.