Sunday, December 5, 2010

Vitamin E for fatty liver

N Engl J Med 2010;362:1675-85.
Pioglitazone, Vitamin E, or Placebofor Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Arun J. Sanyal et al
Vitamin e 800 iu/day

higher rate of improvement in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (43% vs. 19% in placebo, P = 0.001)
pioglitazone no extra help
http://columbiamedicine2.org/residents/bb/Dan%20Freedberg%20JC.pdf

Suugested some cryptogenic cirrhosis is fatty liver and might benefit.

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