Acute liver injury due to flavocoxid (Limbrel), a medical food for osteoarthritis: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Flavocoxid is a prescription medical food that is used to treat osteoarthritis. It is a proprietary blend of 2 flavonoids, baicalin and catechins, which are derived from the botanicals Scutellaria baicalensis and Acacia catechu, respectively.

Objective

To describe characteristics of patients with acute liver injury suspected of being caused by flavocoxid.

Design

Case series.

Setting

Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network Prospective Study ongoing at multiple academic medical centers since 2004.

Patients

Four adults with liver injury.

Measurements

Clinical characteristics, liver biochemistry values, and outcomes.

Results

Among 877 patients enrolled in the prospective study, 4 had liver injury suspected to have been caused by flavocoxid

SUBMITTER: Chalasani N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3825458 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature