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JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue -, Pages 77-88Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80417-1
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drug-induced hepatotoxicity; herbal medicines
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Drug-induced liver injuries make up a persisting and challenging problem for physicians, health agencies and pharmaceutical firms. The clinical expression is polymorphous, acute hepatitis being predominant. The diagnosis is frequently difficult because of the absence of specific signs in most cases and mainly relies on the exclusion of other causes. The diagnosis should be particularly evoked in patients over 50 yr who are taking many drugs, after viral infections have been ruled out. Acute hepatocellular hepatitis is particularly severe because of the risk of fulminant hepatitis or of a more insidious course leading to cirrhosis, Cross hepatotoxicity can sometimes occur. One should avoid re-administration of not only the causative agents but also of other drugs belonging to the same family or having a related chemical structure. The prediction of the hepatotoxicity of new drugs must be improved. Investigations would be particularly useful for drugs having critical chemical structures and belonging to families with an established history of hepatotoxicity.
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