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Drug-induced cholestasis is a slowing of the flow of
Alternative Names
Cholestasis - drug-induced
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Bile is produced in the liver, moved via the bile duct to the gallbladder, and released into the gut through the
Certain drugs can slow or stop the flow of bile from the liver to the gallbladder and gut, which may damage the liver.
Many drugs can cause cholestasis, including:
- Ampicillin and other penicillin-based antibiotics
- Anabolic steroids
- Chlorpromazine
- Cimetidine
- Erythromycin estolate
- Estradiol
- Gold salts
- Imipramine
- Nitrofurantoin
- Oral contraceptives
- Prochlorperazine
- Sulindac
- Terbinafine
- Tolbutamide
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Review Date: 05/04/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of
Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San
Diego, CA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director,
A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
