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Complementos “herbolarios” expandiéndose maliciosamente desde México para el mundo. Artriking y compañía

This letter aims to inform the medical community about herbal supplements that have steroidal and non-steroidal drugs hidden in their formulation, entailing risks to the health of consumers, in addition to the fact that they are not regulated at the local level and the producers of these supplements...

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Autor principal: Del Carpio Orantes, Luis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10395945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36542243
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Sumario:This letter aims to inform the medical community about herbal supplements that have steroidal and non-steroidal drugs hidden in their formulation, entailing risks to the health of consumers, in addition to the fact that they are not regulated at the local level and the producers of these supplements try to sell them internationally, which would bring serious consequences, since it would become a serious global health problem; these supplements have provoked Cushing's syndrome, diabetes mellitus, sepsis, pneumonitis and invasive helminthiasis.