Speak to your doctor

If you or your child have unpleasant side effects from any medicine, talk to the doctor.  Even if you do not think it is causing drug-induced liver injury. When possible, this should be the same doctor who last prescribed the medicine.

This may be your GP or a specialist at the hospital. They will be able to help you decide if it is best to stop the medicine. Or if a change could be made to the medicine or the amount taken. Make sure the doctor knows about any medical conditions or other medicines.

Never stop a prescription medicine without talking to the doctor first.

If you or your child feel unwell and cannot talk to your doctor call NHS 111 for advice.

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Check the medicine information sheet

This is a leaflet that comes with the medicine. It should list all the known side effects and how common they are. If you no longer have the sheet, you can often find this information online or you can ask a pharmacist.

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Report the problem

You can report any side effect to the MHRA yellow card website. Do this if you or your child have a reaction not listed in the medicine’s information leaflet.

Some side effects are very rare and so they are not found when medicines are first tested. Reporting a problem to the yellow card scheme will not get you any medical help. But it does help doctors and scientists to find out about rare side effects. So it could help others in the future.

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