Dietary Supplements Can Cause Liver Damage


	Dietary Supplements Can Cause Liver Damage

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7-26-2008 1:22 AM

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More Research and Regulation Is Needed</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=20320">Medical Author: <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=15702" linkindex="18" set="yes">Tse-Ling Fong, MD</A>
Medical Editor: <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10181" linkindex="19" set="yes">Leslie J. Schoenfield, MD, PhD</A>
<BR />Medical Reviewing Editor: <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6915" linkindex="20" set="yes">Dennis Lee, MD</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=20320"><P>Dietary supplements, which are also referred to as health supplements,
include herbal products, vitamins, minerals, and any product that is not being
marketed as a food or drug (medication). People take dietary supplements with
the idea of maintaining or improving their health. Recently, however, my
colleagues and I reported in a medical journal a series of seven patients who
were referred to us with severe liver injury. They developed the liver damage
after taking a health supplement called Lipokinetix® to lose weight. This
supplement is a mixture of chemicals that includes an extract from a particular
tea. It is said to reduce weight by working to mimic exercise and increase
metabolism.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F7AC6F0A-1B6B-4998-811E-37599591503D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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