Enzymes in medicine
Enzymes can be used in medicines to cure diseases:
Pancreas Enzyme
A tablet that is taken and contains digestive enzymes to help break down and digest fats, starch and proteins in food. It is used in conditions when the pancreas can not make or does not release enough digestive enzymes into the small intestine to digest the food. The enzymes are in a special capsule to stop them being digested in your stomach.
Streptokinase
If you have a heart attack this enzyme is injected to dissolve blood clots in the arteries of the heart wall and reduces the amount of damage done to your heart. Streptokinase is a bacterial product so the body will build up an immunity to it. It is recommended that this medication should not be used again after four days from the first administration, as it may not be as effective and can also cause an allergic reaction. For this reason, it is usually given only for a person's first heart attack.