we suggest that nicotinic acid was the cause of his liver disease , that this case is of particular note because of the rather short period of therapy before the onset of liver injury and the severity of the hepatic failure , and that the probable increased use of nicotinic acid for serum cholesterol control makes it especially important for physicians and their patients to be alert to the signs of hepatotoxicity .
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