Drug-induced liver damage is a rare but potentially fatal condition. The classes of drugs that cause liver damage can be prescription or non-prescription drugs, supplements, and herbal products.

Drug-induced liver injury is a general term that refers to the effects on the liver by modern drugs, functional foods, and drugs derived from plants. Effects on the liver are determined through liver function tests or clinical signs of impaired liver function. The incidence of drug-induced liver injury is approximately 10-15/100,000-100,000 annual drug users in the United States. In addition, drugs are responsible for more than 50% of cases of acute liver failure.

Not only alcohol, but also many therapeutic drugs are also capable of causing liver toxicity, hepatitis, liver failure and hepatocellular necrosis, affecting the health of drug users, even causing danger if abuse drugs or arbitrarily buy drugs for themselves or their families.