[Treatment of chronic hepatitis patients with catergen]

The authors analyse the results of the treatment of patients with chronic active hepatitis of moderate activity with catergen as compared with basic therapy including dietetic management, polyvitamins, and essentiale. The treatment efficacy was evaluated according to the time-course of changes in subjective sensations of the patients, objective data of the clinical and laboratory studies. It was established that catergen produced a beneficial effect on the time-course of both subjective and objective characteristics in patients with chronic active hepatitis, while the drug therapeutic activity was found to be higher as compared with essentiale and basic therapy.