Bad drugs for liver

[Deb_c430]

I was looking for some info on a specific drugs,  I found this site,  I liked the names of bad drugs for liver were listed.

I don't neccessary endorse the whole site, but I have been looking through it,  recipes with clear disclaimers.

Some of you may may know more about it,  or know it already.

Interested in your opinions!

Deb

http://www.hepcnet.net/drugsandliverdamage.html

[GoofyDad]

As Trinity says, Good Lord Woman! Where do you come up with the stuff you spout out?  At stage 4 I'm advised to use tylenol, but to avoid more than 3 grams per day. This comes from a top tier transplant center. I keep that under 2 grams, because that's a more conservative limit I heard somewhere.  

Would you kindly cite your source? Maybe I should question my hepatologists.

[jmjm530]

Prilosec and any of the other PPI's like Nexium, Prevacid, Protonix, Aciphex, etc -- are routinely prescribed by liver specialists for GERD (chronic heartburn). I was on Nexium for much of treatment.

[Dayzdreamer]

I just wanted to add to jmjm530'z comment I agree with. My doctor says if I have pain to take tylanol. The key is don't take over the recommended dosage on the bottle. When extremly over take tylenol over a period then you will have problems. My niece was taking to many from headaches and ended up getting a peptic ulcer. She was taking almost  abottle a day.

I also take prilosac daily but only because my doctor prescribed me to.

[can-do-man]

Stage 4 here and tylenol was what my hepo told me to take.

[HARRYBEADS]

No tylenol for this kid, the GI perscribed hyromorphone for the pain. They said no aspirin also. Hydromorphone can build up in your liver if it is not metabilizing it proper so they watched for it in the regular blood draws.

Harry

[Deb_c430]

The thing I do like about this list, is in this age specialities, some GIs, Rheumotoligist, what ever  don't know each others specialities.

I think it is a good idea to question them, concerning this drug or another drug.  

I tend to ask a lot of questions, but if I am not sure it is always nice to ask the question.

Because like trinity I do ask my GI and other Docs I see,

Deb

[Trinity4]

I totally agree with Jim.  That is the only thing I take and I'm stage 3!!   MB where do you get your information!!!!  Good Lord woman.  You can't just say something like that because those who don't know any better will not take acetaminophen and suffer thinking it's going to kill their liver.  I just got off an antibiotic which if I believed all that was printed on the prescription information I could have experienced acute hepatitis and fatal events.  My hep doctor said it was fine to take and also told me I could take Tylenol.  Our doctors are the ones to advise on these matters.
Trinity

[jmjm530]

tylenol in stage 3 or 4 is bad, so it's not all cut and dry there.
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That is not correct. Can you cite your sources please. I was allowed Tylenol both before and during treatment and at that time I was diagnosed between stage 3 and stage 4. Many other stage 3's have also been given the green light for Tylenol, and in fact it is pretty much the pain drug of choice for those treating.

[merryBe]

this is cool stuff, they are figuring out which drugs will inhibit others from doing their job, and which will be more anti-fibrotic based on how they interact with certain chromosomes.

it all greek to most, but greek can be interesting:

http://medicine.iupui.edu/flockhart/table.htm

[merryBe]

tylenol in stage 3 or 4 is bad, so it's not all cut and dry there.

[Deb_c430]

yes your right, please NO STAMPEDING!  

I liked it was a quick reference,   one of my earliest questions back in the begining was, was tylenol? It is on the bad list!  he explained only in large doses.

Anyway good point,  

[jmjm530]

Sorry, meant to say that acetaminophen is the active ingredient in Tylenol.

[jmjm530]

Thanks for posting, but...

Before we have a panic stampede, I think most of us will find at least a couple of drugs on that list that were prescribed by our doctors, and that includes those seeing liver specialists (hepatologists). Many, many drugs are metabolized by the liver and are therefore can *potentially* cause liver damage, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't take them if prescribed by a liver specialist.

Take acetaminophen, for example. It is listed by this web site under the very scary heading of "drugs that may cause ACUTE DOSE-DEPENDENT LIVER DAMAGE
(resembling acute viral hepatitis)"

But does that mean we shouldn't take Tylenol? Not at all. In fact, it's the pain killer of choice that many hepatologists recommend for those treating. Of course, if you take too many Tylenol and/or mix it with alcohol, you can run into trouble -- but that holds with many drugs you take too many of.

When treating, I always ran any OTC or rx drug by my liver specialist. I think that will work better than the chart.

-- Jim