Liver injury caused by drugs

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Many drugs can affect the way the liver functions, damage it, or do both. (See also Drugs and the Liver.)
Some drugs, such as statins (used to treat high cholesterol levels), can increase the levels of liver enzymes and cause liver damage (usually minor) but no symptoms.
A very few drugs damage the liver enough to cause symptoms, such as a yellow color of the skin and eyes (jaundice), abdominal pain, itching, and a tendency to bruise and bleed.
Doctors use the term drug-induced liver injury (DILI) to refer to any liver damage caused by medications, whether it results in symptoms or not. The term also includes damage caused by recreational drugs, medicinal herbs, plants, and nutritional supplements.
For some drugs, liver damage is predictable. It occurs shortly after the drug is taken and is related to the drug