Rosiglitazone and Hepatic Failure
Authors: Jeffrey Freid, Daniel Everitt, Jerome Boscia
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2000)

Letters18 January 2000Rosiglitazone and Hepatic FailureJeffrey Freid, MD, Daniel Everitt, MD, and Jerome Boscia, MDJeffrey Freid, MDSmithKline Beecham; Philadelphia, PA 19101 (Freid)SmithKline Beecham; Philadelphia, PA 19101 (Everitt)SmithKline Beecham; Philadelphia, PA 19101 (Boscia)Search for more papers by this author, Daniel Everitt, MDSmithKline Beecham; Philadelphia, PA 19101 (Freid)SmithKline Beecham; Philadelphia, PA 19101 (Everitt)SmithKline Beecham; Philadelphia, PA 19101 (Boscia)Search for more papers by this author, and Jerome Boscia, MDSmithKline Beecham; Philadelphia, PA 19101 (Freid)SmithKline Beecham; Philadelphia, PA 19101 (Everitt)SmithKline Beecham; Philadelphia, PA 19101 (Boscia)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-132-2-200001180-00015 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:In this issue, Forman and colleagues (1) report on a patient who developed severe liver dysfunction while receiving rosiglitazone. Although we have not had the opportunity to review the manuscript of this case report in advance of publication, we would like to point out some important facts about the case. Our company was informed of this patient's clinical status at the time the events occurred. We immediately requested, and were able to obtain, entire medical records from both the community hospital where the patient initially presented and from the university hospital where the patient was transferred. These ...References1. Forman LM, Simmons DA, Diamond RH. Hepatic failure in a patient taking rosiglitazone. Ann Intern Med. 2000;132:118-21. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Watkins PB, Whitcomb RW. Hepatic dysfunction associated with troglitazone. N Engl J Med. 1998;338:916-7. 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