Herbal and dietary supplements linked to increasing cases of liver injury
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This article discusses the growing concern of liver injury (hepatotoxicity) caused by herbal and dietary supplements (HDS). It highlights that while HDS are widely used globally as alternatives or supplements to conventional medicine, some have been definitively linked to liver damage. The article references the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN) and FDA data, noting increasing evidence of HDS-related hepatotoxicity, particularly in the United States.
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· 3 pulledHerbal and dietary supplements (HDS) are used commonly around the world, either in place of or to supplement conventional (Western) medical therapies.
There is little dispute that some HDS have been responsible for causing liver injury.
The issue of HDS‐related hepatotoxicity is a growing concern particularly with the evidence in both the United States
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