Hepatotoxicity Due to Hydroxycut: A Case Series

Tse–Ling Fong, Karl C. Klontz, Alejandro Cañas-Coto, Steven Casper, Francisco Durazo, Timothy J. Davern, Paul H. Hayashi, William M. Lee, Leonard B. Seeff

The American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2010 · 146 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Hydroxycut has been clearly implicated as a cause for severe liver injury that may lead to acute liver failure and death. Weight-loss supplements represent a class of dietary supplements that should be regarded as capable of causing severe hepatic toxicity when the usual causes of identified liver injury cannot be otherwise elucidated.

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