Drug Induced Autoimmune Hepatitis - Articles
Autoimmune Hepatitis
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
... , sometimes it mistakenly attacks the cells it is supposed to protect. This response is called autoimmunity. Researchers speculate that certain bacteria, viruses, toxins, and drugs trigger an autoimmune response in people who are genetically susceptible to developing an autoimmune disorder. SymptomsFatigue is probably the most common symptom of aut ...
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Autoimmune hepatitis and systemic sclerosis: a new overlap syndrome?
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Jan
... patients with the complete CREST variant (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, oesophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia) of systemic sclerosis (SSc) who developed autoimmune hepatitis. RESULTS: Our findings suggest that autoimmune hepatitis can be considered to be one of the liver manifestations associated with SSc. Our data also indica ...
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Drug-Induced Lupus
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Julia O.
... od tests, and a few x-rays later, I had a new addition to my diagnosis list, although hopefully it will be a temporary one. Dr. S. told me that my problems are probably due todrug induced lupus. I barraged my doctor with questions. What's DIL? Will it go away? How do we know that this is "just" DIL, and not Systemic Lupus Erythematosis? What do we ...
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Drug Induced Homicide?
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Dr. Richard Keller
Is a death from the use of illicit drugs (or the “misuse” of licit drugs) an accident or “drug-induced homicide”? We discussed that question this morning during case conferences (our replacement for inquests). ...
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Drug-induced or Natural Death
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Dr. Richard Keller
Not everyone who partakes of a “lethal dose” of a drug dies. The obverse of this would be: can someone die of a sub-lethal amount of a drug and still be considered to have died of the drug? I think (and others agree) that th ...
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Drug-induced suicidal ideation
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Marissa M.
... apering off of Effexor. She was a lot better about identifying this stuff than I’ve ever been. I’m linking to this because I want people to know that suicidal thoughts CAN be drug-induced. I’m well aware of that now coming off of Lamictal. No problems so far but I have struggled with it in the past when I tried to jump down from 200 mg to 150 mg.
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Asbestos-Induced Autoimmunity in C57Bl/6 Mice
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Jan
... nges consistent with the development of autoimmunity. This study provides a non-autoimmune prone murine model for use in future elucidation of mechanisms involved in asbestos-induced autoimmune disease. Keywords: Asbestos; autoantibodies; ANA
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Drug Induced Drowsiness: The Effects of Taking Flexeril
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ChyvonneB
... l would be different. But, there went that magnet again...My heart flutters even more and the medicine makes me extremely drowsy. When I take it (one pill), I feel literally drugged for quite a while. When I take Flexeril, I always take it in the evening, because I know that I will be no good at all if I take it during the day. The next day I feel ...
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