PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Peter Collins AU - Lachlan Ayres AU - Talal Valliani TI - Drug therapies in liver disease AID - 10.7861/clinmedicine.13-6-585 DP - 2013 Dec 01 TA - Clinical Medicine PG - 585--591 VI - 13 IP - 6 4099 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/13/6/585.short 4100 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/13/6/585.full SO - Clin Med2013 Dec 01; 13 AB - The likelihood of a general physician encountering a patient with compensated and decompensated liver disease is increasing. This article provides an overview of pharmaceutical agents currently used in the management of cirrhosis and is designed to allow a better understanding of the rationale for using certain drugs in patients with often complex pathology.