An inflammation of the liver caused by a drug.
Many different medications can produce an adverse liver reaction in certain people.
The symptoms are similar to those causing viral hepatitis . Other medications interfere with the flow of bile such as erythromycin, oral contraceptives, chlorpromazine, and anabolic steroids. Usually liver inflammation subsides within days or weeks, or after the drug is stopped. The incidence is 8 out of 10,000 people. There is no specific treatment for drug-induced hepatitis other than discontinuing the causative medication.