Dietary supplement for the liver

Medicinal herbs and biologically active food additives are dangerous for the liver

Remedium based on ScienceDaily: Liver injury caused by herbals, dietary supplements rises in study populationThe journal Hepatology, published by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, published a study of the effects of the use of herbs and biological additives (Navarro et al., Liver injury from herbals and dietary supplements in the U.S. Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network – VM).

As it turned out, with medicinal hepatitis after their use, unfavorable outcomes are more often noted, compared with cases after taking registered drugs or special dietary supplements for bodybuilders.

Approximately half of U.S. adults take dietary supplements (dietary supplements). According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III), they are most often used by educated women over 40 years old. The most popular dietary supplements include multivitamins, minerals, calcium and fish oil.

This study examined data on patients who were in 8 centers specialized in the treatment of medicinal liver damage from 2004 to 2013. All patients admitted to the center with suspected acute toxic hepatitis were taken into account. In the final sample, there were 839 patients, of whom 130 (15.5%) had liver damage caused by dietary supplements, forty–five people took dietary supplements for bodybuilders, and 85 - "non-specialized" dietary supplements. In the remaining 709 cases, medicinal hepatitis was caused by medical drugs. During the study period, the incidence of liver damage as a result of the use of dietary supplements among all cases of medicinal hepatitis increased from 7% to 20%. After taking dietary supplements for bodybuilders, the outcomes were favorable, although jaundice could last for a long time (the median was 91 days). At the same time, hepatocellular lesions after taking non-specialized dietary supplements required liver transplantation and led to death more often than medications (in 13% of cases compared to 3%).

The authors concluded that hepatitis due to taking dietary supplements is the most severe in its consequences. They note that more careful control of the safety of food additives by manufacturers and government agencies is needed, and that larger-scale population studies of dietary supplements are needed.

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