Tag: glycerol-phenylbutyrate

Ravicti | Glycerol-phenylbutyrate uses, dose and side effects

RAVICTI contains the active substance ‘glycerol-phenylbutyrate’, which is used to treat six known ‘urea cycle disorders’ (UCDs) in adults and children. UCDs include deficiency of a certain liver enzyme such as carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I (CPS), ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OTC), argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS), argininosuccinatlyase (ASL), arginase I (ARG) and ornithine translocase homocyroid hemithrinoemia.

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