of serious liver injury.
Reported problems have included:
- hepatitis
- severe liver damage
- liver failure
- rare cases requiring liver transplantation
The FDA has previously issued warnings about the potential for severe liver injury with kava-containing supplements.
People with existing liver disease or those taking medications that affect the liver should be particularly cautious.
8. Multi-Ingredient Herbal and “Detox” Supplements
One of the biggest challenges with herbal supplements is that a product may contain many ingredients at once.
Examples include products marketed for:
- weight loss
- bodybuilding
- “liver cleansing”
- detoxification
- energy
- metabolism
- sexual
