TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Not all herbals are benign: a case of hydroxycut-induced acute liver injury
JO  - Curēus
A1  - Khetpal, Neelam
A1  - Mandzhieva, Bayarmaa
A1  - Shahid, Sonia
A1  - Khetpal, Akash
A1  - Jain, Akriti G.
SP  - e6870
EP  - e6870
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
N2  - Dietary supplements do not need prior Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval before they are sold to the public per Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). Reporting serious dietary supplement related adverse reactions is voluntary. Hydroxycut is a brand of dietary supplements that are marketed as a popular weight loss product that contains multiple herbal constituents. Due to its potential hepatotoxic effects, FDA issued a warning in 2009 and recommended that consumers discontinue use of Hydroxycut. Hydroxycut was recalled from the market but a reformulated herbal mix is now available again. We are presenting a case of acute liver injury associated with Hydroxycut. The prominent pattern of liver injury is severe hepatocellular injury with the striking elevation of the aminotransferase levels and minimal abnormalities in alkaline phosphatase levels. It can sometimes cause severe hepatocellular necrosis.<br><br>Copyright © 2020, Khetpal et al.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2168-8184
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6870
ID  - ref1
ER  -