We sometimes have to prescribe differently based on the Child-Pugh score or class

The Prescribing Information for FDA-approved medications contains a section about prescribing that medication to persons with hepatic impairment. When referring to different degrees of hepatic impairment, the Prescribing Information follows the Food and Drug Administration’s guidance and uses something called the “Child-Pugh score” or the “Child-Pugh class”. Let’s look at some examples. As shown in…