update on autoimmune hepatitis

[Guest guest]

My hep cited this article in developing my treatment plan. Have any of you

heard of it?

" A very current update on autoimmune hepatitis was published in

" Gastroenterology " just recently (July 2010, Volume 139, No. 1, pages 58-72) by

one of the world's leading experts on autoimmune hepatitis, Dr. Albert Czaja).

For patients with an " incomplete " response, the recommendation is to use

prednisone in combination with Imuran or 6-MP but at a dose of 2 mg/kg of body

weight. Based on your current weight, that would be 150 mg daily of 6-MP. In

your case, I would highly recommend increasing the 6-MP to 150 mg daily (since

you have been tolerating this fairly well) before trying a medication like

Cellcept. "

He said he would send me the article; it was published in a professional

magazine available only by subscription.

D AIH 8/2009 (First symptoms presented 4/2009)