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Other treatments for psoriasis may be taken by mouth (oral) or given by an injection (injected). These drugs are called "systemic" because they affect the entire body. Many of the systemic drugs used for psoriasis are also used for other severe diseases, including autoimmune diseases (especially rheumatoid arthritis) and cancer. Nearly all are powerful medications with potentially serious side effects. These drugs should be used only for severely incapacitating cases of psoriasi...
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Zetia and Your Liver
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...ezetimibe), have information pertaining to the risk of liver damage when taking this cholesterol... Read more »
Do Statins Lower Your IQ?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...side effects of statins are muscle inflammation and liver damage, but these happen relatively... Read more »
Grapefruit juice and cholesterol medication
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...cause serious side effects such as muscle injury and liver damage. Enzymes called cytochromes... Read more »
Statin Study Shows Promise for Alzheimer's Disease
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...negative side effect of statins is that they can cause liver damage. People taking them for... Read more »
Cancer and Cholesterol: How Low Can You Go?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...judicious use of cholesterol lowering medicines such as statins has been strongly advocated. ... Read more »
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Multiple Sclerosis: Drug Treatment
...no evidence of the condition during that period, the risk for its occurrence appears to be very low.Liver damage. Interferon may cause liver damage and, in rare cases, liver failure. Patients... Read more »Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Reducing Heart Risk Factors
...PAD. [For more information on these cholesterol-lowering drugs, see In-Depth Report #23: Cholesterol.]Statins. Statins are the most effective drugs for the treatment of high cholesterol. Statins... Read more »Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
...intensive statin therapy produces greater reductions in LDL and CRP levels, and that the more that statins can lower LDL, the more effective they are in reducing the progression of... Read more »Rheumatoid Arthritis: Medications
...In December 2006, the FDA proposed even stronger labeling changes to highlight these drugs risk for liver damage as well as alcohol and drug interactions.Regular use of even over-the-counter... Read more »Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Surgery
...laparoscopy. It can include leakage, tears, and the development of narrowing (strictures) that can lead to liver damage. In order to minimize such injuries, some experts recommend that surgeons... Read more »Images
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