Dietary Supplements Can Cause Liver Damage More Research and Regulation Is Needed


	Dietary Supplements Can Cause Liver Damage More Research and Regulation Is Needed

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7-14-2008 12:30 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/071bd656-71c1-4381-b5e2-4f5f4e785c2a/28363BBE-DE7E-43BD-9A49-62894C43A82F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=20320" href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=20320" style="font-size: 11px;">www.medicinenet.com</a></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"><H2>Dietary Supplements Can Cause Liver Damage
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">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.</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"> Within three months of
starting Lipokinetix, these seven patients developed symptoms of acute
hepatitis, including tiredness, loss of appetite, and <A href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/forum.asp?articlekey=1908" linkindex="21" set="yes">abdominal pain</A>. They
sought medical attention and their blood tests revealed severe liver damage. One
of the patients actually developed acute (rapid) liver failure and almost
required a liver transplant to save her life. </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/28363BBE-DE7E-43BD-9A49-62894C43A82F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.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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