Drug-induced liver disease

Drug induced liver disease (abbreviated as drug liver) refers to liver damage caused by drugs or / and their metabolites. It can occur in healthy people who have no history of liver disease in the past or patients who have had serious diseases. After using a certain drug, liver damage of varying degrees occurs, which are called drug liver. At present, there are at least 600 kinds of drugs that can cause drug liver. Its performance is the same as that of various human liver diseases. It can be manifested as hepatocyte necrosis, cholestasis, intracellular microlipid deposition or chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, etc.

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