Trientine - TRYE-en-teen is using to treat Wilson's disease, a disease in which there is too much copper in the body.
This drug combines with excess copper in the body and may prevent your body from absorbing the copper in the foods you eat. Removing copper from the body prevents damage to the liver, brain and other organs. The combination of copper and trientine is then easily removed by the kidneys and it passes from the body in urine.
Trientine is available only with your family doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form:
Some commonly using brand names are:
In the USA
Another commonly using name is trien .
† Not commercially available in Canada.