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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / May 2006INFO: Liver Injury Related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine
S1588. Liver Injury Related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Compared with Conventional Medicine-related Liver Injury. [...] Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is generally considered innocuous, which has been challenged by the increasing reports of adverse drug reaction of CAM recently. Most cases with CAM-related liver injury were reported sporadically. Systemic data in this category is little. The aim of this study was to explore the characteristics of CAM-related liver injury in Taiwan, compared with the conventional medicine-related liver injury. [...] A total of 619 cases were diagnosed to have DILI. Of them, 148 (24%) were CAM-related, and 471 (76%) were conventional medicine-related. [...] Mortality of CAM group was 4.7% (7 cases), which was comparable to that of conventional medicine group (4.5%, 21 cases). The incriminated agents of CAM-related mortality cases were dry snake gall bladder 3, clerodendruon calamitosum 1, compound herbs 3. The leading offending drugs of conventional medicine group were anti-tuberculosis drugs, antibiotics and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs. Conclusions: One fourth of drug-induced liver injury in Taiwan is due to CAM. The mortality and severity of CAM group is similar to those of conventional medicine group. However, the patients with CAM-related liver injury had older age, lower educational level and high serum bilirubin level than those of conventional medicine-related liver injury. The herb or CAM is not harmless as assumed. Strict pharmacovigilance to CAM as to conventional medicine is urgently needed. Full text: http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/reports/DDW_2006/Sunday Plenary Session.htm#SPS13 Thomas  SignatureTo reach me, complete my last name in the address. Hey thanks for the info Thomas. Whew, it's a good thing IFN combo therapy is so safe! It's reassuring to know that unlike the peddlers of evil alternative medicine, the peddlers of Big Pharma aren't motivated by money! Everybody in their right mind knows that old wisdom and unquantifiable intuition are useless. kj still rattling around here somewhere > Hey thanks for the info Thomas. Whew, it's a good thing IFN combo therapy > is so safe! It's reassuring to know that unlike the peddlers of evil [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > kj > still rattling around here somewhere Ya think?? BTW - the spring pics are nice. Whoopee, we're all gonna die! Steve >Hey thanks for the info Thomas. Whew, it's a good thing IFN combo therapy >is so safe! It's reassuring to know that unlike the peddlers of evil >alternative medicine, the peddlers of Big Pharma aren't motivated by >money! Everybody in their right mind knows that old wisdom and >unquantifiable intuition are useless. I'm not sure where that outburst comes from, but the message is pretty clear: Despite the often repeated propaganda, CAM medications are NOT automatically safe. Instead, they, just like conventional medicine, can cause considerable harm, including liver damage, liver failure, and death. You can jump up and down all you want, that doesn't change the numbers. Thomas SignatureTo reach me, complete my last name in the address. Re: INFO: Liver Injury Related to Complementary and Alternative Medi Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Wed, May 24, 2006, 8:50pm (CDT+1) From: kjohyayhoo@nospamyahoo.com (kjoh) Hey thanks for the info Thomas. Whew, it's a good thing IFN combo therapy is so safe! It's reassuring to know that unlike the peddlers of evil alternative medicine, the peddlers of Big Pharma aren't motivated by money! Everybody in their right mind knows that old wisdom and unquantifiable intuition are useless. kj still rattling around here somewhere ///////// I think I might agree with your last statement there, tough cookie, but I'll have to think about it for awhile. :-) Dicky P. Islamic Center for the Blind and Stupid http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum Everybody in their right mind knows that old wisdom and unquantifiable intuition are useless. kj still rattling around here somewhere ///////// I think I might agree with your last statement there, tough cookie, but I'll have to think about it for awhile. :-) Dicky P. Islamic Center for the Blind and Stupid //////// Hey Dicky PP! You mean the statement about me still rattling around here somewhere? rattle rattle crash thump.. Hope all is well with you bud. I got tossed in the can for a while for disorderly conduct ;-) kj still tough Re: INFO: Liver Injury Related to Complementary and Alternative Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Sat, May 27, 2006, 1:06am (CDT+1) From: kjohyayhoo@nospamyahoo.com (kjoh) Everybody in their right mind knows that old wisdom and unquantifiable intuition are useless. kj still rattling around here somewhere ///////// I think I might agree with your last statement there, tough cookie, but I'll have to think about it for awhile. :-) Dicky P. Islamic Center for the Blind and Stupid //////// Hey Dicky PP! You mean the statement about me still rattling around here somewhere? rattle rattle crash thump.. Hope all is well with you bud. I got tossed in the can for a while for disorderly conduct ;-) kj still tough /////////////// Not that one, silly!! The other one before that. You know, the one after the first one but before the last one. Yeah, I'm doing ok...but I've got too much weed on my hands. Glad you're out of the can. That probably makes Prince Albert happy........ elmo http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum |
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