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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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... Niacin is safe - except in people with chronic liver disease or certain other conditions,... Read more »

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...decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. HDL helps the liver excrete extra cholesterol by... Read more »

How Much Vitamin D?

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Vitamin D keeps getting more and more respect. While planning to write here about it for those of... Read more »

Smoking is a starting point for COPD, stroke, lung cancer, heart disease

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...disease, or GERD), and it also interferes with the liver's ability to clear toxins. Later... Read more »

How Does Alzheimer's Differ from Other Types of Dementia?

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...problems result from the toxic effects of alcohol on the liver and the brain and from secondary... Read more »

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Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs

...drugs for many people at risk for heart disease who have normal cholesterol levels. Statins inhibit the liver enzyme hMG-CoA reductase, which is used in the manufacturing of cholesterol. These... Read more »

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 »

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 »

Alzheimer

...benefits for patients who carry the ApoE4 gene. In high doses, it can also injure the liver. In general, newer cholinergic protective drugs that do not pose as... Read more »

Drug-induced hepatitis

Drug-induced hepatitis involves inflammation of the liver caused by medication. Alternative Names Toxic hepatitis Causes, incidence, and risk... Read more »

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