Cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis is caused by?
ANSWER: (A) ClofibrateREF: Robbin's 8th ed CH: 8Drugs causing cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis:Clofibrates: Clofibrate, used to lower blood cholesterol, increases hepatic HMG-CoA reductase and decreases conversion of cholesterol to bile acids by reducing cholesterol 7-a-hydroxylase activity. The net result of these influences is excess biliary secretion of cholesterolEstrogen and OOP'SSomatostatin analogues appear to predispose to gallstones by decreasing gallbladder emptying.Ampicillin
Clofibrate
Chloramphenicol
Cotrimaxozole
NS AIDS
Adverse Drug Effect