Free Patient Resource
Your Guide to Liver Disease Treatments
The Liver Therapies Patient Guide is a free guide from LiverDirectory and Amsety. It explains, in plain language, the medicines, procedures and supportive care used to treat liver disease, so you can understand your options and have more informed conversations with your healthcare team.
Free resource for patients and caregivers.
About the Guide
What is this liver therapies guide about?
Millions of people live with liver conditions such as fatty liver disease (MASLD and MASH), viral hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. Treatment is changing quickly: new therapies are emerging for conditions that once had few options, and ongoing research continues to improve how liver disease is managed.
The Liver Therapies Patient Guide gives an overview of treatments across liver conditions, including metabolic therapies for MASLD and MASH, antiviral medicines for hepatitis B and C, therapies for genetic liver diseases, liver cancer treatments, care for alcohol-related liver disease, procedures for complications such as ascites and portal hypertension, and the medicines used after a liver transplant. For each treatment, it explains how it works, its benefits and its common side effects or risks.
Whether you or someone you care about has just been diagnosed or is weighing next steps, this guide can help you understand the options and prepare questions for your doctor. It does not recommend a treatment for any one person; decisions about your care belong with a licensed healthcare provider who knows your medical history.
Who is this liver therapies guide for?
This guide is for patients and caregivers navigating a liver condition, for liver health advocates, and for healthcare professionals looking for a plain-language overview of today’s treatment options.
Inside the Guide
Key topics covered
Fatty liver disease (MASLD and MASH)
GLP-1 medicines, resmetirom (Rezdiffra) and other metabolic therapies.
Viral hepatitis
Antiviral treatments for hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
Genetic liver diseases
Therapies for Wilson disease, hemochromatosis, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and more.
Liver cancer
Targeted therapy, immunotherapy, local treatments, surgery and transplantation.
Alcohol-related liver disease
Medicines for alcohol use disorder and care for alcoholic hepatitis.
Complications of liver disease
Treatments for hepatic encephalopathy, ascites and portal hypertension.
After a liver transplant
Immunosuppressants and medicines that help prevent infection.
This guide is for education only and does not replace advice, diagnosis or treatment from a qualified healthcare professional.