Autoimmune Hepatitis Treatment

Other Treatments for Autoimmune Hepatitis

People who do not respond to standard immune therapy -- or who have severe side effects to these medications -- may benefit from other immunosuppressive agents such as:
 
  • Mycophenolate (CellCept®)
  • Cyclosporine (Gengraf®, Neoral®, Sandimmune®)
  • Tacrolimus (Prograf®, Protopic®).
     
People who progress to end stage liver disease (liver failure) and/or cirrhosis may need a liver transplant. Liver transplantation has a one-year survival rate of 90 percent and a five-year survival rate of 70 percent to 80 percent.

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Written by/reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
Last reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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