title: Acute liver injury induced by weight-loss herbal supplements.
abstract: We report three cases of patients with acute liver injury induced by weight-loss herbal supplements. One patient took Hydroxycut while the other two took Herbalife supplements. Liver biopsies for all patients demonstrated findings consistent with drug-induced acute liver injury. To our knowledge, we are the first institute to report acute liver injury from both of these two types of weight-loss herbal supplements together as a case series. The series emphasizes the importance of taking a cautious approach when consuming herbal supplements for the purpose of weight loss.
authors.affiliation: Gary C Chen, Vivek S Ramanathan, David Law, Pauline Funchain, George C Chen, Samuel French, Boris Shlopov, Viktor Eysselein, David Chung, Sonya Reicher, Binh V Pham, Department of Gastroenterology and Pathology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509, United States.
authors.forename: Gary C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Vivek S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Ramanathan
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Funchain
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shlopov
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Eysselein
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Sonya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reicher
authors.forename: Binh V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Pham