Herbal Weight-Loss Supplement Misadventures Per a Regional Poison Center

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 787-790

  Robinson, Renee F ^a,b,f   Griffith, Jill R ^c   Nahata, Milap C ^d,e   Mahan, John D ^a   Casavant, Marcel J ^c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Central Ohio Poison Center   (United States)

^d H

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Ohio State Univ/Children's Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Herbal supplements; Misadventure; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

DIET FUEL; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYCUT; METABOLIFT; STACKER 2; TRIMSPA; XENADRINE RFA 1;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INGESTION; IRRITABILITY; MALE; NAUSEA; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN TINGLING; SPEECH DISORDER; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX DISEASE; TREMOR; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; CAFFEINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPHEDRA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1942503167     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D260     Document Type: Article

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