MEDICAMENT CONTAINING AN EFFECTOR OF THE GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM TOGETHER WITH ALPHA-LIPOIC ACID FOR USE IN KIDNEY REPLACEMENT THERAPY

摘要

The invention relates to a medicament containing an effector of the glutathione metabolism together with .alpha.-lipoic acid, its salts and/or prodrugs as a combined preparation for the simultaneous, separate or time- controlled treatment of a defective thiol-disulfide status in kidney replacement therapy and of clinical characteristics, which indicate a disord er of the thiol-disulfide status of immunocytes. The correction of a defective thiol metabolism is of fundamental importance as a basic therapy for treatin g a large number of diseases of different origin, in particular however in circumstances requiring an essential kidney replacement therapy.