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  2. Hepatotoxicity - Wikipedia

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    Paracetomol (3D structure) overdose is the most common cause of drug-induced liver disease. Paracetamol also known as acetaminophen, and by the brand names of Tylenol and Panadol, is usually well-tolerated in prescribed dose, but overdose is the most common cause of drug-induced liver disease and acute liver failure worldwide. [12]

  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. Hepatotoxin - Wikipedia

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    A hepatotoxin (Gr., hepato = liver) is a toxic chemical substance that damages the liver.. It can be a side-effect, but hepatotoxins are also found naturally, such as microcystins and pyrrolizidine alkaloids, or in laboratory environments, such as carbon tetrachloride, or far more pervasively in the form of ethanol (drinking alcohol).

  5. 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 ...

  6. Paracetamol poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Paracetamol overdose results in more calls to poison control centers in the US than overdose of any other pharmacological substance, accounting for more than 100,000 calls, as well as 56,000 emergency room visits, 2,600 hospitalizations, and 458 deaths due to acute liver failure per year. [95]

  7. 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]

  8. FDA approves first drug for common form of liver inflammation

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    The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first medication for a common form of liver inflammation called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, the agency said Thursday.

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

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    The disease, primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), causes inflammation of the small bile ducts in the liver and can eventually destroy them. Rival drug, Iqirvo, from Ipsen costs $11,500 per month.