Acute Liver Failure to Fluoxetine Therapy

Tahir M^*

Department of Internal Medicine, Sisters of Charity hospital, Buffalo, New York, USA

*Corresponding Author : Muhammad Tahir
Department of Internal Medicine, Sisters of Charity hospital, 2157 Main St, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Received: April 20, 2018 Accepted: May 08, 2018 Published: May 14, 2018

Citation: Tahir M (2018) Acute Liver Failure to Fluoxetine Therapy. J Liver Disease Transplant 7:1 doi: 10.4172/2325-9612.1000160

The drug induced liver injury by antidepressant is being reported in the literature nowadays. However fluoxetine induced hepatotoxicity has not been well recognized. Usually asymptomatic increase in liver enzymes has been reported in 0.5% of the patient who are taking this drug for long-term therapy. The exact mechanism is still unknown however treatment approach is usually very conservative. Here we discuss a case of hepatic failure secondary to short term Fluoxetine therapy which is very rarely reported in the literature.