Premkumar Balasekar, Murthy Muppavarapu Srinivasa, Rajagopal Karuppasamy, Nagaprabu Vadivelmurugan Nagasubramani, Ponugupati Sree Madhuri
Department of Pharmacology, PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Vignan Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India.
J Pharmacol Pharmacother. 2015 Apr-Jun;6(2):110-3. doi: 10.4103/0976-500X.155493.
A patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis who had extreme adrenal suppression as a result of chronic use of herbal medicines presented with complications of adrenal suppression such as muscle weakness. He also had psychiatric disturbances such as confusion and suicidal tendency. Steroids in the herbal medication were found and hence there exists a need for investigation into their safety and efficacy.
一名患有类风湿性关节炎的患者因长期使用草药导致肾上腺极度抑制，出现了肾上腺抑制的并发症，如肌肉无力。他还出现了精神障碍，如意识混乱和自杀倾向。在草药中发现了类固醇成分，因此有必要对其安全性和有效性进行调查。
