What are the symptoms of drug-induced liver injury?

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Drug induced liver injury is most likely to be ignored, and some cases of drug-induced liver injury such as weight-loss drugs and germicides are increasing year by year. It is very important to recognize which drugs are easy to induce liver injury. What are the symptoms of drug-induced liver injury? Let's talk about it.

What are the symptoms of drug-induced liver injury?

Antipyretic analgesics. When people encounter common small problems such as cold, headache, fever and joint pain, they always choose to use drugs on their own, especially some antipyretic and analgesic drugs can have an immediate effect. But on the other hand, these drugs are also common drugs causing liver injury, such as Baotaisong, acetaminophen, aspirin and so on.

Lipid lowering drugs. It mainly refers to statins, such as simvastatin, etc., as well as Bates. These drugs can cause liver and kidney function damage and skeletal muscle damage, and most of them are elevated transaminase and muscle enzyme. Therefore, this kind of lipid-lowering drugs is not suitable for everyone; The patients who are taking lipid-lowering drugs should also check their liver function regularly, and stop taking them if abnormal.

Some traditional Chinese medicine. For a long time, people believe that traditional Chinese medicine has less side effects than western medicine, but for the liver, the body's metabolic system, some traditional Chinese medicine can also cause liver and kidney damage. For example, rhubarb, rhamnose, senna leaf, Daphne genkwa, Hemerocallis root, clove, trichosanthin, Xanthium sibiricum, acacia, wild lily, trichosanthin, Artemisia argyi, toosendan and other traditional Chinese medicine should be taken under the guidance of doctors.

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When using the above drugs, it must be carried out under the guidance of professional doctors, and regular liver function monitoring should be carried out when necessary. Because many drugs are used for long-term chronic diseases, patients may need a long medication process, in the long run, it is easy to induce liver injury.