liver damage

LIVER RISK: The Food and Drug Administration is adding new warnings to the label of Sanofi-Aventis' drug Multaq after several reports of liver damage by patients taking the drug....

(European Association for the Study of the Liver) Results of a study presented today at the International Liver Congress 2010 demonstrate that a dual FXR and TGR5 agonist decreases liver damage and modulates hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in a mouse model of primary sclerosing chlolangitis.

In contrast, selective FXR or TGR5 agonists have no beneficial effect.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA has updated labels of the HIV drug didanosine (Videx and Videx EC) to include warnings for potentially serious liver damage.

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- Acetaminophen leads the list of drugs implicated in liver damage requiring transplantation, along with greater requirements for dialysis and life support, but antiepileptics remain the most lethal.

The prescription painkillers Percocet and Vicodin should be banned, and Tylenol, sold over the counter, should be taken in reduced doses, because one of the three medications' ingredients, acetaminophen, is linked to liver damage, federal advisers said.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tylenol, Excedrin, NyQuil. These household brands and others have come to symbolize safe, convenient relief from the aches and pains of everyday life.

But this week the Food and Drug Administration is focusing on a seldom-discussed side effect of the medications: severe liver damage.

Since the drugs first became widely available in the 1950s, the FDA has tried to minimize the risks of acetaminophen - the pain-relieving, fever-reducing ingredient in Tylenol and dozens ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government health officials are announcing the recall of popular weight loss pill Hydroxycut, after reports of liver damage and other health problems....

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants....