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2. Hepatotoxicity - Wikipedia

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   Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a cause of acute and chronic liver disease caused specifically by medications and the most common reason for a drug to be withdrawn from the market after approval. The liver plays a central role in transforming and clearing chemicals and is susceptible to the toxicity from these agents.

3. Hy's law - Wikipedia

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   Hy's law is a rule of thumb that a patient is at high risk of a fatal drug-induced liver injury if given a medication that causes hepatocellular injury (not Hepatobiliary injury) with jaundice. [1] The law is based on observations by Hy Zimmerman, a major scholar of drug-induced liver injury.

4. Liver disease - Wikipedia

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   Analogous terms such as "drug-induced" or "toxic" liver disease are also used to refer to disorders caused by various drugs. [ 7 ] Fatty liver disease (hepatic steatosis ) is a reversible condition where large vacuoles of triglyceride fat accumulate in liver cells. [ 8 ]

5. Acute liver failure - Wikipedia

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   for liver transplantation in acute liver failure [25] Patients with paracetamol toxicity. pH < 7.3 or Prothrombin time > 100 seconds and serum creatinine level > 3.4 mg/dL (> 300 μmol/L) if in grade III or IV encephalopathy. Other patients. Prothrombin time > 100 seconds or Three of the following variables: Age < 10 yr or > 40 years; Cause ...

6. FDA places its most serious warning on menopause drug due to ...

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   The US Food and Drug Administration has placed its most serious warning – a so-called black-box warning – on a drug used to relieve menopausal hot flashes. The FDA says women who are taking ...

7. Gilead gets US FDA approval for inflammatory liver disease drug

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   (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences' liver disease treatment, Livdelzi, which it gained through a $4.3 billion buyout of CymaBay Therapeutics ...

8. Smartwatch and fitness tracker bands have elevated levels of ...

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   “The existing evidence suggests that this compound can cause liver, developmental, blood and endocrine effects in the human body,” Jamie Alan, an associate professor of pharmacology and ...

9. Paracetamol poisoning - Wikipedia

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   Other forms of liver support have been used including partial liver transplants. These techniques have the advantage of supporting the patient while their own liver regenerates. Once liver function returns immunosuppressive drugs are commenced and they have to take immunosuppressive medication for the rest of their lives. [86] [87]