Depla A C, Vermeersch P H, van Gorp L H, Nadorp J H
Department of Gastroenterology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein.
Neth J Med. 1990 Aug;37(1-2):32-6.
This report is about a 71-yr-old woman who suffered from acute liver failure, induced by the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug, pirprofen. She presented with jaundice 6 weeks after starting treatment with 800 mg pirprofen daily. She is the fifth patient described in the literature to die from pirprofen-induced hepatotoxicity.
