Drug Induced Jaundice - Articles
Jaundice
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Vixen W.
I was looking at some pictures I took last week and man, I look so jaundiced. Ick! For those of you that don't know, jaundice is a condition caused from the increased production of bile pigments in the blood. It usually affects people with al ...
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Jaundice
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
Jaundice is a symptom of liver disease and manifests as yellow discoloration of the skin and sclera (whites of the eyes). Usually when one is jaundiced the urine is very dar ...
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Jaundice
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
... bilirubin in the liver cells and the entry of bile into the duodenum; and hepatocellular jaundice, resulting from damage to liver cells either by viral infection or by toxic drugs. All the three forms are marked by yellow discoloration of the skin and the whites of the eyes. Jaundice in old age is most commonly obstructive. It is perhaps the most ...
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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 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 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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Breastmilk Jaundice
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Angeline
Breastmilk JaundiceBaby, Breastfeeding, Child, ParentingHave you heard of breastmilk jaundice? Sounds unfamiliar, I was ‘lucky’ to have such an experience.As you know I fully breastfed m ...
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JAUNDICE HOME REMEDY
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
What is Jaundice?Jaundice is the yellow discoloration of the skin and the whites of the eyes. It is caused by a build-up of a substance called Bilirubin.In many cases, yellowness in t ...
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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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