Method of treating liver disturbances resulting from alcohol consumption and a composition therefor

摘要

A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or alleviating the effects of acute alcoholism, in particular liver disturbances in mammals, which comprises a mixture of alanine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof capable of effectively acting as alanine in vivo or a mixture thereof, and ornithine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof capable of effectively acting as ornithine in vivo or a mixture thereof in a ratio such that the amount of ornithine present in said mixture is at least about 1/1000 the amount of alanine present, both of said ornithine and alanine being present in an amount effective to prevent or alleviate said effects.