Chen Gary C, Ramanathan Vivek S, Law David, Funchain Pauline, Chen George C, French Samuel, Shlopov Boris, Eysselein Viktor, Chung David, Reicher Sonya, Pham Binh V
Gary C Chen, Vivek S Ramanathan, David Law, Pauline Funchain, George C Chen, Samuel French, Boris Shlopov, Viktor Eysselein, David Chung, Sonya Reicher, Binh V Pham, Department of Gastroenterology and Pathology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509, United States.
World J Hepatol. 2010 Nov 27;2(11):410-5. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v2.i11.410.
We report three cases of patients with acute liver injury induced by weight-loss herbal supplements. One patient took Hydroxycut while the other two took Herbalife supplements. Liver biopsies for all patients demonstrated findings consistent with drug-induced acute liver injury. To our knowledge, we are the first institute to report acute liver injury from both of these two types of weight-loss herbal supplements together as a case series. The series emphasizes the importance of taking a cautious approach when consuming herbal supplements for the purpose of weight loss.
我们报告了三例因减肥草药补充剂导致急性肝损伤的患者病例。一名患者服用了Hydroxycut,另外两名患者服用了康宝莱补充剂。所有患者的肝活检结果均符合药物性急性肝损伤。据我们所知,我们是首个将这两种减肥草药补充剂导致的急性肝损伤作为病例系列一同报告的机构。该系列病例强调了在为减肥目的服用草药补充剂时采取谨慎态度的重要性。