Mrs. George switched doctors and was promptly taken off the drug in August 1998, but after several weeks of intense suffering she died of severe liver damage, Ms. Shaw said.
The disease can cause severe liver damage, cancer and death.
PA poisoning can result in moderate to severe liver damage.
But Dr. Peters said Rezulin's potential to cause severe liver damage was clear even before it was approved.
Orlistat has been linked, on rare occasions, to severe liver damage, liver failure (resulting in a transplant) and even death.
Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) causes haemagglutination and severe liver damage, with a high mortality rate.
In most cases, hep C only shows noticeable symptoms when there is severe liver damage.
However, chronic hepatitis C infection can result in severe liver damage and liver cancer.
The patient in the transplant group who died suffered very severe liver damage and a bacterial infection which caused sepsis, or blood poisoning.
[C5.] Warning on a Biogen Idec Drug In a setback for Biogen Idec, regulators said its multiple sclerosis drug Avonex might cause severe liver damage in rare cases.
At the F.D.A., he recommended against the approval of Rezulin, a diabetes drug that was later withdrawn for causing severe liver damage in patients.
