Learn About Supplements And Medications That Cause Liver Damage

Anticonvulsants

When you have seizures, you need anticonvulsants. This type of med helps you live a normal life! Unfortunately, they're a risky medication. Anticonvulsants can trigger liver damage when you take them often, ladies. Thankfully, they don't carry the same risk! In fact, it's the older medications you have to think about first. They cause liver damage the most! Phenytoin's an example of a risky med when it comes to causing liver issues.

Most of the time, doctors prescribe newer anticonvulsants and benzodiazepines. These meds have a lower risk of liver toxicity! That said, they still have side effects. Doctors often only prescribe older medications when these don't work.

Antibiotics

Antibiotics are very common. They treat many bacterial infections well. That said, many antibiotics make you have a higher risk of liver failure. This is because taking them for a long time causes liver damage. Cirrhosis of the liver often appears too. Ladies, this damage can happen after 1 dose too. The good news is that men are at a higher risk of this! Your risk goes up once you're a senior, though.

Antibiotics that make this happen are ones like doxycycline and amoxicillin. Ladies, the first one causes it when you're taking it for acne! It will cause drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis. This can happen with other antibiotics for other things too, of course. That said, you're going to recover fast when you stop the antibiotic! IV antibiotics make your risk of liver damage higher, especially when you need IV nutrition too.