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  • Title: Emerging drugs for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
    Author: Federico A, Niosi M, Vecchio Blanco CD, Loguercio C.
    Journal: Expert Opin Emerg Drugs; 2008 Mar; 13(1):145-58. PubMed ID: 18321154.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition of emerging relevance that includes different forms of chronic liver damage, from a simple fatty infiltration (steatosis) of hepatocytes to steatohepatitis (NASH) with fibrosis. This last form may evolve to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. OBJECTIVE: To discuss therapeutic management of NAFLD. Theoretically, only patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) need to be treated, as only NASH may evolve to cirrhosis. Differentiation between steatosis and NASH currently requires a liver biopsy. METHODS: We discuss different therapeutic approaches proposed in literature for patients with NAFLD. RESULTS: The treatment of associated conditions leads to an improvement of NAFLD and NASH. No specific drug is actually present to treat liver steatosis or NASH. CONCLUSIONS: The treatment of NAFLD depends on the individual characteristics of each patient. Diet and physical exercise may be considered a basal universal approach. Future research will discover possible specific liver drugs.
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