Ursodeoxycholic acid Anti-viral medications are available to treat infections such as hepatitis B. Other conditions may be managed by slowing down disease progression, for example: * By using steroid-based drugs in autoimmune hepatitis. * Regularly removing a quantity of blood from a vein (venesection) in the iron overload condition, hemochromatosis. * Wilson’s disease, a condition where copper builds up in the body, can be managed with drugs that bind copper, allowing it to be passed from the body in urine. * In cholestatic<unk> , (where the flow of bile is affected due to cystic fibrosis) a medication called ursodeoxycholic acid may be given.
Liver disease
Chronic liver disease
Kidney disease
Liver tumor
Cirrhosis
Liver failure
Hepatitis
Urologic disease