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[A therapeutical approach by administering reduced glutathione to patients with uremic anemia]
Objective:
To verify the therapeutical effect of exogenous reduced glutathione (GSH) on the patients with uremic anemia.
Methods:
Forty two patients with uremic anemia were randomly divided into treatment group and control group. All patients received subcutaneously recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) at the dose of 3000U twice a week for 12 weeks. Each of the patients in the treatment group was given intravenously reduced glutathione at the dose of 1200 mg twice a week for 12 weeks. The measurements of hemoglobin, red blood cells and hematocrit were performed.
Results:
After administration of r-HuEPO, the levels of hemoglobin, red blood cells and hematocrit were significantly elevated in both treatment and control groups (P < 0.01). The levels of hemoglobin, red blood cells and hematocrit in treatment group were elevated much more obviously, compared with those in control group (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
These findings seem to indicate that exogenous GSH could enhance the effect of r-HuEPO on uremic anemia, and therefore it might represent a useful drug in the treatment and management of uremic anemia.
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