Spanish reports of hepatotoxicity associated with Herbalife® products

Review of liver injury associated with dietary supplements

“…Since Herbalife ® ‐related liver injury was first reported in 2005 in Switzerland (28) and Spain (29), some countries (Israel and Switzerland) have not noticed further incidents after publication of corresponding series, while other investigators continue to see new cases (G. Manso and M. Johnannsson, personal communication). However, Herbalife ® representatives have so far denied the causal relationship between the consumption of their products and cases of liver injury (30).…”

Continuous reporting of new cases in Spain supports the relationship between Herbalife® products and liver injury

“…The patients were all from the same Spanish hospital and presented a similar clinical picture to those described in the Swiss and Israeli series. An additional case, the sister of a case previously described, was further reported. Furthermore, in December 2008, Chao et al .…”

A Review of Cases of Development of Acute Hepatic Insufficiency Due to the Intake of Biologically Active Additives

“…Продукция, произ-веденная в США, экспортируется более чем в 50 стран по всему миру [49]. К настояще-му времени имеется 57 опубликованных со-общений о поражении печени после приема некоторых из продуктов, предлагаемых Гер-балайфом (12 случаев из Швейцарии [50,51], 12 из Израиля [52], 20 из Испании [53][54][55], 1 из Аргентины [56], 5 из Исландии [1], 5 из США [9,57] и 2 из Венесуэлы [58]). Более ча-стый тип повреждения печени в этих случаях был гепатоцеллюлярным, хотя были случаи с холестатическим и смешанным поврежде-нием печени.…”