Acute Hepatitis due to Garcinia Cambogia Extract, an Herbal Weight Loss Supplement

The Drug Induced Liver Injury Network reports dietary supplements as one of the most important causes of drug induced hepatotoxicity, yet millions of people use these supplements without being aware of their potential life-threatening side effects. Garcinia cambogia (GC) extract is an herbal weight...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Akshay, Akagi, Elisa, Njie, Aji, Goyal, Sachin, Arsene, Camelia, Krishnamoorthy, Geetha, Ehrinpreis, Murray
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6083529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30147968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9606171
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author Sharma, Akshay
Akagi, Elisa
Njie, Aji
Goyal, Sachin
Arsene, Camelia
Krishnamoorthy, Geetha
Ehrinpreis, Murray
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description The Drug Induced Liver Injury Network reports dietary supplements as one of the most important causes of drug induced hepatotoxicity, yet millions of people use these supplements without being aware of their potential life-threatening side effects. Garcinia cambogia (GC) extract is an herbal weight loss supplement, reported to cause fulminant hepatic failure. We present a case of a 57-year-old female with no previous history of liver disease, who presented with acute hepatitis due to GC extract taken for weight loss, which resolved after stopping it and got reaggravated on retaking it. Obtaining a history of herbal supplement use is critical in the evaluation of acute hepatitis.
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spelling pubmed-60835292018-08-26 Acute Hepatitis due to Garcinia Cambogia Extract, an Herbal Weight Loss Supplement Sharma, Akshay Akagi, Elisa Njie, Aji Goyal, Sachin Arsene, Camelia Krishnamoorthy, Geetha Ehrinpreis, Murray Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report The Drug Induced Liver Injury Network reports dietary supplements as one of the most important causes of drug induced hepatotoxicity, yet millions of people use these supplements without being aware of their potential life-threatening side effects. Garcinia cambogia (GC) extract is an herbal weight loss supplement, reported to cause fulminant hepatic failure. We present a case of a 57-year-old female with no previous history of liver disease, who presented with acute hepatitis due to GC extract taken for weight loss, which resolved after stopping it and got reaggravated on retaking it. Obtaining a history of herbal supplement use is critical in the evaluation of acute hepatitis. Hindawi 2018-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6083529/ /pubmed/30147968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9606171 Text en Copyright © 2018 Akshay Sharma et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sharma, Akshay
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Goyal, Sachin
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Krishnamoorthy, Geetha
Ehrinpreis, Murray
Acute Hepatitis due to Garcinia Cambogia Extract, an Herbal Weight Loss Supplement
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title_full Acute Hepatitis due to Garcinia Cambogia Extract, an Herbal Weight Loss Supplement
title_fullStr Acute Hepatitis due to Garcinia Cambogia Extract, an Herbal Weight Loss Supplement
title_full_unstemmed Acute Hepatitis due to Garcinia Cambogia Extract, an Herbal Weight Loss Supplement
title_short Acute Hepatitis due to Garcinia Cambogia Extract, an Herbal Weight Loss Supplement
title_sort acute hepatitis due to garcinia cambogia extract, an herbal weight loss supplement
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6083529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30147968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9606171
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