Liver injuries tied to the use of botanical supplements are rising among U.S. adults Turmeric, green tea extract, black cohosh and other botanicals are soaring in popularity and can be overused, researchers warn Claims to help ease pain or arthritis, or aid in weight gain, are often unfounded MONDAY, Aug.
5, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Botanicals like turmeric, green tea and black cohosh may seem benign, but their overuse is being increasingly linked to liver injury. New research suggests that 7% of U.S.
adults are using at least one of the six leading botanicals, the equivalent of 15.6 million people. Many are ending up in hospitals for liver toxicity, researchers report.
Because there's almost no regulatory oversight over botanicals, chemical tests of products linked to liver crises "show frequent discrepancies between product labels and detected ingredients," noted a team led by . She's an assistant professor of gastroenterology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The researchers focused on the use of six of the most popular botanicals: Turmeric, green tea extract, the plant, black cohosh, red yeast rice and ashwagandha.
Perusing 2017-2021 data on almost 9,700 adults in a federal health database, they found high rates of botanical use. For example, Likhitsup's group estimated that more than 11 million adults regularly take turmeric supplements, often with the notion that it can ease pain or . That's not too far below the approximately 14.
8 million who take an NSAID pa.