liver failure

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Antimicrobial agents are the most common cause of drug-induced liver failure, with most cases ending in death or transplant, a researcher said here.

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Food and Drug Administration panel has recommended limits on Tylenol and other drugs containing acetaminophen because of risks for liver failure.

Maximum recommended doses for over-the-counter Tylenol would be reduced. Percocet and Vicodin, two narcotic prescription drugs containing acetaminophen, would be banned....

A pill used for thyroid disease can cause fatal liver failure in children and should no longer be used to treat them, two doctors warn.

Doctors usually first try either propylthiouracil or methimazole to treat children with Graves' disease, the most common cause of an overactive thyroid.

Other treatments are surgery and radioactive iodine....