Causes of drug-induced liver injury in India
The question: Does natural mean safe?
- Study type
- Observational study
- Participants
- 1,288
- Population
- 1288 patients with drug-induced liver injury across Indian centres, 2013 to 2018
- Duration
- Prospective registry
- Published
- Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2021
What was measured
Causes and outcomes of drug-induced liver injury.
What was found
Anti-tuberculosis medicines were the leading cause (46.4 per cent). Complementary and alternative medicines, including herbal products, were second at 13.9 per cent.
Limitations
Drawn from referral centres, so it describes the causes of recognised cases rather than the risk for an individual product.
What it means
Herbal products are medicines in their own right. Quality, dose and medical guidance matter as much for them as for any other treatment.
Source
Devarbhavi H, Joseph T, Sunil Kumar N, et al. The Indian Network of Drug-Induced Liver Injury: etiology, clinical features, outcome and prognostic markers in 1288 patients. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2021;11(3):288-298.
Read the original (DOI 10.1016/j.jceh.2020.11.002) · Source verified 8 October 2026
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