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Acute Liver Failure Caused by Use of Fat Burner: A Case Report.
Ferreira, Gustavo de Sousa Arantes; Watanabe, André Luis Conde; Trevizoli, Natália de Carvalho; Jorge, Fernando Marcus Felippe; Diaz, Luiz Gustavo Guedes; Couto, Carolina de Fatima; Lima, Laura Viana de; Raupp, Deborah Roberta Liduario; Araujo, Barbara Elis de.
Afiliação
  • Ferreira GSA; Liver Transplant Division, Federal District Cardiology Institute, Brasilia, Brazil. Electronic address: gustferr@ufmg.br.
  • Watanabe ALC; Liver Transplant Division, Federal District Cardiology Institute, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • Trevizoli NC; Liver Transplant Division, Federal District Cardiology Institute, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • Jorge FMF; Liver Transplant Division, Federal District Cardiology Institute, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • Diaz LGG; Liver Transplant Division, Federal District Cardiology Institute, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • Couto CF; Liver Transplant Division, Federal District Cardiology Institute, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • Lima LV; School of Medicine, Catholic University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • Raupp DRL; School of Medicine, Catholic University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • Araujo BE; School of Medicine, Catholic University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
Transplant Proc ; 52(5): 1409-1412, 2020 Jun.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32192741
Acute liver failure is a rare condition consisting of abrupt and extensive hepatocyte injury, leading to significant liver dysfunction associated with a high mortality. Liver transplantation is the most effective treatment in severe cases. The most common cause of acute liver failure in Western countries is drug-induced liver injury caused by prescription drugs and herbal and dietary supplements. Thermogenics, or fat burners, are a category of dietary supplements that claim to increase the resting metabolic rate, leading to weight loss. There are previous reports of acute liver failure associated with specific thermogenic formulations. We report the case of a 36-year-old male patient who developed jaundice 7 days after he started taking a thermogenic dietary supplement (Thermo Gun), with progressive deterioration of hepatic function and development of hepatic encephalopathy 19 days after the beginning of the symptoms. He had a Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score of 38 and fulfilled 4 of the King's College Criteria for poor prognosis in patients with acute liver failure. He underwent liver transplantation, receiving a graft from a cadaveric donor, and is alive with good liver graft function 2 years after the transplant. No possible causes for acute liver injury were identified other than the use of the supplement, which contained N-acetyl-L-tyrosine; 1,3,7-trimenthylxanthine; white willow; and 1-hydroxypholedrine. We found no previous reports in the literature of acute liver failure associated with those particular substances. This manuscript is compliant with the Helsinki Congress and the Istanbul Declaration.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Contexto em Saúde: 6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Falência Hepática Aguda / Suplementos Nutricionais / Doença Hepática Induzida por Substâncias e Drogas Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Adult / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Transplant Proc Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Contexto em Saúde: 6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Falência Hepática Aguda / Suplementos Nutricionais / Doença Hepática Induzida por Substâncias e Drogas Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Adult / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Transplant Proc Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article