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This case study reported that an 18-year-old woman ingested a large amount of topical minoxidil, leading to symptoms like low blood pressure, increased heart rate, and elevated liver enzymes, but recovered fully after treatment. Minoxidil toxicity may rarely cause abnormal liver enzyme levels.

This retrospective pilot study found that oral tofacitinib was more effective in treating alopecia areata than alopecia universalis, but relapses were common after treatment cessation.

This study found that baricitinib, taken for 24 weeks, significantly reduced alopecia severity in patients with moderate-to-severe alopecia areata, with 50% showing marked improvement and overall favorable safety and efficacy reported.

This study compared the adverse effects of baricitinib and methotrexate in treating severe alopecia areata and found baricitinib to have a better safety profile, though it was associated with increased cholesterol, triglyceride, and LDL levels.

This study suggests that oral tofacitinib may be an effective treatment for beard regrowth in men with alopecia areata of the beard, with a strong correlation observed between beard and scalp hair regrowth.

This study reports that metreleptin treatment in a boy with congenital generalized lipodystrophy significantly improved metabolic complications and overall health outcomes during the first year of therapy.

This case study suggests that the use of the dietary supplement Nutrafol may have led to drug-induced liver injury in a 26-year-old woman, as evidenced by increased liver enzymes and bilirubin levels which improved after stopping the supplement.

In this study, women with PCOS had a higher prevalence of hepatic steatosis compared to controls, with associated metabolic issues like insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.

This case study describes a 54-year-old man with an E600A mutation in the NOD-2 gene associated with Blau syndrome, who presented with skin involvement, differing from typical cases, and initially responded to colchicine treatment.

This review discusses the effectiveness and risks of acitretin in treating various skin conditions, highlighting its teratogenic potential and the necessary precautions for its use.

This chapter reviews drugs affecting blood coagulation and details the increased hemorrhage risk associated with warfarin interactions, liver disease, heart failure, and antiphospholipid antibodies but reports no new clinical results.

This study observed that while valproic acid treatment in children led to occasional mild clinical and laboratory side effects, no correlation with drug plasma levels was found.

In this study, liver transaminase levels and various symptoms persisted in some adult dengue patients even two months after diagnosis.

This case report describes two boys with Danon disease, initially misdiagnosed due to increased transaminases, who exhibited cardiac issues and muscle pseudohypertrophy.

This case report highlights a patient who developed pancytopenia, transaminase elevation, and alopecia after consuming large amounts of veterinary albendazole purchased online, which he used without medical supervision.

This study observed that omeprazole was highly effective in reducing symptoms and esophagitis in children with severe esophagitis unresponsive to other treatments, though its long-term safety regarding elevated gastrin levels remains uncertain.

This study reports that selenium deficiency in children on long-term total parenteral nutrition may lead to symptoms like erythrocyte macrocytosis and skin and hair depigmentation, which improved with selenium supplementation.

In this study, three patients with Type-1 autoimmune hepatitis experienced normalized liver enzymes and remission after six months of oral prednisolone treatment, while three others refused treatment.

This case report illustrates that prompt diagnosis and treatment of myositis in an SLE patient can lead to symptom resolution and highlights this condition as a rare SLE complication.

This case report illustrates that prompt diagnosis and management of myositis, a rare manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, can lead to favorable patient outcomes, as demonstrated by symptom resolution and normal electromyocardiography findings.

This study found that among Indian rheumatoid arthritis patients, the MTHFR A1298C polymorphism was associated with varying responses to methotrexate, with 1298CC genotypes showing higher toxicity and poorer efficacy compared to 1298AA genotypes.

In this study, a 7-year-old male ferret was diagnosed with hyperadrenocorticism complicated by dilatative cardiomyopathy, chronic active hepatitis, and renal disease, following symptoms including progressive hair loss and severe dehydration.

In this study, bicalutamide at low doses was not linked to significant liver enzyme changes compared to other androgen-blocking treatments in transfeminine adolescents and young adults, suggesting its safety with careful monitoring for this population over one year.

This study suggests that finasteride treatment in male rats can lead to changes in liver carbohydrate metabolism and may result in metabolic disruptions and liver steatosis in their offspring.

This study found that while MK-0773 significantly increased lean body mass in sarcopenic frail elderly women, it did not significantly improve muscle strength or physical function compared to placebo.

Oral retinoids are effective for severe skin conditions but require careful use due to side effects.

This abstract discusses the efficacy of spironolactone, cyproterone acetate, and flutamide in treating female pattern hair loss, noting that flutamide use requires caution due to potential liver toxicity, especially at high doses.

This report verifies isotretinoin's significant efficacy in treating severe acne over the past year in the U.S., highlighting the need for careful patient selection and monitoring due to potential side effects.

In this study, 13-cis-5S*,8S*-epidioxy-5,8-dihydroretinoic acid was found to be significantly more cytotoxic to cancer cell lines than other retinoic acid analogs evaluated.

In this analysis, safety data from two clinical trials showed that baricitinib for severe alopecia areata had predictable side effects like infections and elevated CPK, with some serious adverse events noted at low incidence rates; no deaths were reported.