Hepatic cirrhosis caused by low-dose oral amiodarone therapy

SR Puli, MA Fraley, V Puli, AB Kuperman… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
… developed hepatic cirrhosis after treatment with 200 mg of oral amiodarone for 22.5 months.
… , we believe that it is unlikely that these drugs caused hepatic cirrhosis in our patient. We …

[HTML][HTML] Amiodarone-induced cirrhosis of liver: what predicts mortality?

N Hussain, A Bhattacharyya… - International Scholarly …, 2013 - hindawi.com
… There are multiple reported and well-established side effects of amiodarone therapy such …
amiodarone on the liver resulting in hepatotoxicity is a recognized complication of amiodarone

Drug-induced steatohepatitis leading to cirrhosis: long-term toxicity of amiodarone use

K Raja, SN Thung, MI Fiel… - Seminars in Liver Disease, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
… of oral amiodarone 3 years before presentation. She had no history of jaundice, pruritus,
weight loss, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, cough, chest pain, fever, arthralgia, skin …

Causality assessment of liver injury after chronic oral amiodarone intake

L Llanos, R Moreu, AM Peiró, S Pascual… - … and Drug Safety, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… , in a patient receiving oral amiodarone who develops LFT … amiodarone withdrawal while
searching for alternative causes, provided that its long half-life allows discontinuing treatment

Amiodarone toxicity showing high liver density on CT scan with normal liver function and plasma amiodarone levels in a long-term amiodarone user

BB Kim, DM Kim, DH Choi… - International …, 2014 - internationaljournalofcardiology.com
… to amiodarone treatment. However, the current patient's liver function tests were normal, and
her blood concentration of amiodarone … , the symptoms progressed into hepatic cirrhosis [ …

[PDF][PDF] Amiodarone-induced liver cirrhosis and parkinsonism: a case report

S Ishida, M Sugino, T Hosokawa, T Sato… - Clinical …, 2010 - researchgate.net
… on longterm amiodarone therapy and may reflect hepatic deposition of the iodinated drug
or its metabolites [14]. Liver histology in patients with amiodarone-induced steatohepatitis re…

Amiodarone hepatotoxicity

M Babatin, SS Lee, PT Pollak - Current vascular pharmacology, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
… Most of the symptoms and adverse biochemical effects of oral amiodarone are reversible
and disappear within weeks of lowering the dose or drug withdrawal. Elevation of …

[HTML][HTML] Amiodarone-induced hepatitis and polyneuropathy

HM Kang, YS Kang, SH Kim, JK Seong… - The Korean Journal …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… case of amiodarone-induced hepatitis and neuropathy after treatment with 400 mg of oral
amiodarone for 17.8 … His heart rhythm was converted to sinus rhythm after amiodarone therapy. …

Hepatic cirrhosis

PA McCormick, R Jalan - Sherlock's Diseases of the Liver and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… For drugs with a high hepatic extraction ratio (high first‐pass effect) predicting the therapeutic
effect after oral administration is difficult, due to the variation in the degree of shunting (both …

[PDF][PDF] Amiodarone induced liver cirrhosis. Report of two cases

M Atiq, JC Davis, LW Lamps, SS Beland… - J Gastrointestin Liver …, 2009 - researchgate.net
… complication of chronic oral amiodarone therapy [2]. The cause of amiodarone induced hepatic
… Chronic liver injury resulting from the long half-life of amiodarone may result in lesions of …