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COMPARISON OF RIFAMPICIN WITH PHENOBARBITONE FOR TREATMENT OF PRURITUS IN BILIARY CIRRHOSIS

Bachs, Laura, Elena, Montserrat, Parés, Albert, Piera, Carlos, Rodés, Joan·1989·The Lancet

Abstract

The anti-pruritic effects of rifampicin (10 mg/kg) and phenobarbitone (3 mg/kg) were assessed in 22 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis in a crossover randomised clinical trial. Each agent was given for 14 days, with a 30-day washout period between treatments. 21 patients completed the course of rifampicin and 18 that of phenobarbitone; rifampicin was withdrawn from 1 patient when anaemia and renal failure developed, whereas 3 patients stopped taking phenobarbitone because of a rash and the 4th merely refused the drug. Rifampicin had a greater anti-pruritic effect than phenobarbitone. The symptom improved in 19 patients taking rifampicin and in 8 taking phenobarbitone, the degree of improvement being greater with rifampicin than with phenobarbitone. Pruritus disappeared in 9 patients receiving rifampicin, and three of them were free of itch when switching over to phenobarbitone. Both drugs were equally effective in inducing hepatic microsomal function but rifampicin has the additional effect of reducing cholestasis. Its anti-pruritic effect should be tested in long-term clinical trials.

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Authors
Bachs, L., Elena, M., Parés, A., Piera, C., & Rodés, J.
Affiliations
  • Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (ES)
  • Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1989-03
Volume
333
Issue
8638
Pages
574-576
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
OpenAlex
W2088682754
Cited by
231
References
23
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FWCI
3.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Lancet (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
Keywords
rifampicin, phenobarbital, pruritus, primary biliary cirrhosis, antipruritic effect, cholestasis, drug-induced liver injury, anemia, renal failure
MeSH terms
Adult, Cholestasis, Clinical Trials as Topic, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Humans, Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary, Microsomes, Liver, Middle Aged, Phenobarbital, Pruritus, Random Allocation, Rifampin, Severity of Illness Index

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