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How Medicines Affect the Liver

28 de octubre de 2025

2 min de lectura

The number of people self-medicating has been increasing in recent years. In addition to the drugs prescribed by doctors, people take dietary supplements, tablets from advertising, and use folk remedies. A person without proper education can not know whether the medication mix is poisonous for the liver.

Puntos clave

The number of people self-medicating has been increasing in recent years.
What is the risk?
What medications are dangerous for the liver?

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Autor del artículo

Dra. Helga

Médico general

What is the risk?

Symptoms of liver damage occur much later than the first lesson — a person learns about the problem only when serious damage has already been done.

What medications are dangerous for the liver?

Antibiotics
Drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis
Medications for the treatment of hypertension
Tranquilizers and antipsychotics
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (especially ibuprofen And paracetamol taken with alcohol)
Any hormonal drugs
Antifungal agents
Immunomodulators

If you frequently take any of the above, you should be especially careful about your liver health and get tested more than once per year.

Are natural treatments harmful?

Some seemingly harmless herbs can also be toxic to the liver, especially when taken in conjunction with medications. These include:

Natural herbs (used as an antibacterial agent)
Coltsfoot (often used in the treatment of cough)
Dubrovnik herb (diuretic)
Senna (has a laxative effect)
Ginseng (taken to invigorate and tone up)

What can make the problem worse?

Even if you follow your medication schedule and dosage carefully, mixing them incorrectly with drinks, food, and other medications can decrease or completely eliminate the effectiveness of therapy, further damaging the liver. Here are a few common factors.

Doctors recommend taking medication tablets with water — at least half of a glass. This makes it easier for the liver to remove toxic components.

If you are taking multiple medications, mixing them can create toxic compounds. To avoid this, take breaks of 20 minutes between taking each medication.

Cheese, eggs, liver, and herring increase blood pressure and increase the toxic effect of drugs on the body when taking antidepressants.

It is dangerous to combine grapefruit juice with almost any heart medications, antidepressants, antibiotics, medicines for allergies, fungi or viruses, or medicines that lower blood pressure. Special substances contained in grapefruits and other citrus fruits greatly increase the risk of liver intoxication.

Do not combine sleeping pills, antidepressants, analgesics, antibiotics, antipyretic or antiallergic drugs with alcohol.

Do not take any medicine with milk, fruit juices, soda, tea, and coffee. For the safety of the liver, it is recommended to give up fatty foods, fried and rare meat, sorrel, spinach, and wild garlic during treatment. These contain a lot of oxalic acids, which interfere with the normal outflow of bile. Mayonnaise is completely forbidden, even if homemade.

The most important thing to keep in mind is that in no scenario should you independently prescribe hepatoprotectors and any drugs that you read about on the Internet or heard about from your relatives. No one can predict how they will interact, and this can lead to fatal consequences.

Ornament recommends taking basic tests at least once a year, which will help assess the condition of the liver. These include the enzymes ALT and AST, alkaline phosphatase, and bilirubin.

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