Drugs and the liver
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The body must process (chemically alter, or metabolize) drugs to be able to use and eliminate them. Most of this processing occurs in the liver, done by liver enzymes. Thus, drugs and the liver can affect each other in several ways:
Liver disorders can change the way a drug is metabolized.
Some drugs can damage the liver.
Many factors (such as foods eaten, a person
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