Hepatotoxic Agents
- Name
- Hepatotoxic Agents
- Accession Number
- DBCAT005097
- Description
Drugs known to cause hepatotoxicity, leading to serious or potentially fatal liver injury. This risk may be listed as a blackbox warning specified in the drug label.
- Drugs
Drug Drug Description Epirubicin An anthracycline topoisomerase II inhibitor used as an adjuvant to treating axillary node metastases in patients who have undergone surgical resection of primary breast cancer. Methotrexate An antineoplastic agent used the treatment of a wide variety of cancers as well as severe psoriasis, severe rheumatoid arthritis, and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Ponatinib A kinase inhibitor used to treat patients with various types of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Maraviroc A CCR5 co-receptor antagonist used with other antiretroviral medications to treat CCR5-tropic HIV-1 infection. Docetaxel A taxoid antineoplastic agent used in the treatment of various cancers, such as locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, metastatic prostate cancer, gastric adenocarcinoma, and head and neck cancer. Valproic acid An anticonvulsant used to control complex partial seizures and both simple and complex absence seizures. Sunitinib A receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor and chemotherapeutic agent used for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Inotuzumab ozogamicin An antibody-drug conjugate used to treat B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Nevirapine A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used as part of a management regimen for HIV-1 virus infection. Pazopanib An antineoplastic agent used in the treatment of advanced renal cell cancer and advanced soft tissue sarcoma in patients with prior chemotherapy. Dantrolene A direct-acting skeletal muscle relaxant used for the treatment of management of the fulminant hypermetabolism of skeletal muscle leading to malignant hyperthermia crisis. Lapatinib An antineoplastic agent and tyrosine kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of advanced or metastatic HER-positive breast cancer in patients who received prior chemotherapeutic treatments. Pexidartinib An antitumor agent that is used for the treatment of rare disease tenosynovial giant cell tumors (TGCT) by inhibiting colony-stimulating factor 1 and its receptor. Ketoconazole A broad spectrum antifungal used to treat seborrheic dermatitis and fungal skin infections. Trastuzumab emtansine An antineoplastic agent and antibody-drug conjugate used to treat HER2-overexpressing breast cancer. Mipomersen An oligonucleotide drug used for the treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Lomitapide A microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor used to lower cholesterol associated with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), reducing risk of cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction and stroke. Trimetrexate A folate antagonist used for the treatment of moderate-to-severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in immunocompromised patients as an alternative therapy in combination with leucovorin. Gemtuzumab ozogamicin A monoclonal anti-CD33 antibody used to treat CD33-positive acute myeloid leukemia. Interferon alfa-2b A form of recombinant human interferon used to treat hepatitis B and C infection, genital warts, hairy cell leukemia, follicular lymphoma, malignant melanoma, and AIDs-related Kaposi's sarcoma. Bosentan A dual endothelin receptor antagonist used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension. Teriflunomide A pyrimidine synthesis inhibitor with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties used to treat patients with the relapsing-remitting form of multiple sclerosis. Acitretin An oral retinoid used in the treatment of severe psoriasis. Peginterferon alfa-2a A modified form of recombinant human interferon used to stimulate the innate antiviral response in the treatment of hepatitis B and C viruses. Tipranavir A protease inhibitor used to treat HIV-1 resistant to more than 1 protease inhibitor. Idelalisib An antineoplastic kinase inhibitor used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), relapsed follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (FL), and relapsed small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). Regorafenib A kinase inhibitor used to treat patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Onasemnogene abeparvovec A gene therapy used to treat neonatal and infant patients with spinal muscular atrophy caused by bi-allelic mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. Diroximel fumarate A drug used for the treatment of relapsing forms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Givosiran A 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase-directed small interfering RNA (siRNA) used in the prophylaxis of acute hepatic porphyria. Isoniazid An antibiotic used to treat mycobacterial infections; most commonly use in combination with other antimycobacterial agents for the treatment of active or latent tuberculosis. Rifampicin An antibiotic used to treat several types of mycobacterial infections including Mycobacterium avium complex, leprosy, and in combination with other antibacterials to treat latent or active tuberculosis. Pyrazinamide An antituberculosis agent used as a component of tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Selpercatinib A RET receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of RET-driven non-small cell lung cancer, medullary thyroid cancer, and thyroid cancer in appropriate patient populations. Bortezomib A proteasome inhibitor used to treat multiple myeloma in patients who have not been successfully treated with at least two previous therapies. Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi An asparagine-specific enzyme used as part of a chemotherapeutic regimen to treat patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma. - Drugs & Drug Targets