ORAL PREPARATION FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY AND OTHER PROTEIN METABOLIC DISEASES

摘要

An oral preparation for use in patients with chronic renal insufficiency or other protein metabolic disorders and method of preparing the protein hydrolysate used therein. The oral preparation has a water soluble enzymatic protein hydrolysate rich in essential amino acids and low in salt content derived from a natural source such as algae, blue-green algae or fish. The water soluble protein hydrolysate is combined with a high calorie source such as natural bee honey. Approximately 5 % to 30 % of the protein hydrolysate is combined with 70 % to 95 % of natural bee honey to provide an optimum calorie to protein ratio. The oral preparation is administered in doses of 30 grams to 150 grams per day in one to four divided doses. The preparation may be administered orally or through a nasogastric feeding tube.