S2438 A Novel Case of Drug-Induced Liver Injury Following Intravenous Buprenorphine Use Without Concomitant Hepatitis C Viremia

Hepatitis C virus cures after direct acting antiviral-related drug-induced liver injury: Case report.

The United States Food and Drug Administration recently warned that the direct acting antiviral (DAA) combination hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment of Paritaprevir, Ombitasvir, Dasabuvir, Ritonavir, and Ribavirin (PODr + R) can cause severe liver injury in patients with advanced liver disease. Drug induced liver injury was observed in a small number of patients with decompensated cirrhosis trea...

Intravenous Drug Use and Hepatitis C Virus in Iran

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah, IR Iran 2 Department of Gastroenterology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran 3 Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Hepat Mon.2012: 9-10. DOI: 10.5812/...

intravenous drug use and hepatitis c virus in iran

Acute Liver Injury in a Patient with Alcohol Dependence: A Case Resembling Autoimmune Hepatitis or Drug-Induced Liver Injury

Some patients with alcohol dependence may initially present with atypical laboratory and histological features resembling autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) or drug-induced liver injury (DILI). Even with liver biopsy, it may be difficult to diagnose certain patients with alcohol dependence. However, careful follow-up of our patient and consultations with the attending psychiatrist were successful in di...

Dyspnea following intravenous drug use

A 41-year-old man was referred to the outpatient clinic of our respiratory care department presenting with the symptoms of progressive cough, exertional dyspnea and tachycardia. The symptoms had started about 18 months earlier and had worsened continuously during the past year. At presentation the patient complained of dyspnea at the slightest exertion. An external chest radiograph showed shado...