A Case of Supplement-Induced Hepatitis

Acute hepatitis is an uncommon sequela of herbal supplement use. Regardless, considering the hepatotoxic effects of natural supplements is important, especially in patients taking other medications or substances. We herein describe a case of acute steatohepatitis in a patient who chronically consume...

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Autores principales: Pusec, Carolina M, Wolsky, Ryan, Llerena, Christopher, Sura, Parimal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9671273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36407193
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30433
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description Acute hepatitis is an uncommon sequela of herbal supplement use. Regardless, considering the hepatotoxic effects of natural supplements is important, especially in patients taking other medications or substances. We herein describe a case of acute steatohepatitis in a patient who chronically consumed high doses of ashwagandha and other herbal supplements in the context of alcohol use and a multi-medication regimen.
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spelling pubmed-96712732022-11-18 A Case of Supplement-Induced Hepatitis Pusec, Carolina M Wolsky, Ryan Llerena, Christopher Sura, Parimal Cureus Gastroenterology Acute hepatitis is an uncommon sequela of herbal supplement use. Regardless, considering the hepatotoxic effects of natural supplements is important, especially in patients taking other medications or substances. We herein describe a case of acute steatohepatitis in a patient who chronically consumed high doses of ashwagandha and other herbal supplements in the context of alcohol use and a multi-medication regimen. Cureus 2022-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9671273/ /pubmed/36407193 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30433 Text en Copyright © 2022, Pusec et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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