 [ Symptoms ] what drugs affect lithium levels i take lithium resperdal and paxil i was in the hospital for a cyst and they gave me morphine and vicodin would the pain killers affect the level of my other medications [ Disease ] the presence of hepatitis c infection in the liver triggers the human immune system which leads to inflammation over time usually decades prolonged inflammation may cause scarring extensive scarring in the liver is called cirrhosis when the liver becomes cirrhotic the liver fails to perform its normal functions liver failure and this leads to serious complications and even death cirrhotic livers also are more prone to become cancerous