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Diet Supplement Caused Liver Damage To Seven Californians
March 19, 2002
(American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine) -- A dietary supplement marketed for weight loss, LipoKinetix®, apparently caused severe liver damage to seven people in Southern California.
Three of the seven, who were all young (between ages 20 and 32) and healthy, were hospitalized; one was placed on the waiting list for a liver transplant. The liver damage developed between two weeks and three months of beginning to use LipoKinetix®. Liver function returned to normal about three months after the patients stopped taking the supplement. Four patients bought the supplement in health food stores, and two bought it from body-builder Internet sites.
In November 2001, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a consumer and health professional warning about the product and told the supplement's distributor to take "prompt action" to remove LipoKinetix® from the market. The distributor does not currently list the product on its Internet site. The ingredients in LipoKinetix® appear in other supplements marketed by the manufacturer and in other products sold on bodybuilding and nutritional supplement Internet sites.
Diet Supplement Caused Liver Damage To Seven Californians
March 19, 2002
(American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine) -- A dietary supplement marketed for weight loss, LipoKinetix®, apparently caused severe liver damage to seven people in Southern California.
Three of the seven, who were all young (between ages 20 and 32) and healthy, were hospitalized; one was placed on the waiting list for a liver transplant. The liver damage developed between two weeks and three months of beginning to use LipoKinetix®. Liver function returned to normal about three months after the patients stopped taking the supplement. Four patients bought the supplement in health food stores, and two bought it from body-builder Internet sites.
In November 2001, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a consumer and health professional warning about the product and told the supplement's distributor to take "prompt action" to remove LipoKinetix® from the market. The distributor does not currently list the product on its Internet site. The ingredients in LipoKinetix® appear in other supplements marketed by the manufacturer and in other products sold on bodybuilding and nutritional supplement Internet sites.
