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What is the treatment of auto inmune hapatitis?
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223152 tn?1346978371
Prednisone, I believe.  You should see a GI or hepatologist as soon as possible.  This is important as it can damage your liver very quickly.    The treatment is normally prednisone and an immunosuppressive drug called azathioprine (Imuran).  Normally you would start out with prednisone of up to 60 mg daily and azathioprine of 100 mg daily to saturate the liver, then gradually reduce  the doseage.  Remission normally occurs in 80% of the cases.  Sometimes it takes up to two years.

This information is from a book I have been reading on cirrhosis and I have no personal knowledge of the treatment.

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201379 tn?1319991331
You will be more likely to get a response on the hepatitis autoimmune forum. Post it there.
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