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Case studies: Dietary supplements with steroids pose health danger

Published in Hospital Business Week, September 6th, 2009

Three cases of patients suffering from the adverse affects of steroid-enriched dietary supplements have been reported by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

The cases, which include patients with liver injury and renal failure, are discussed in the current issue of The Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week issued a warning regarding the use of over-the-counter body-building supplements that are illegally enriched with anabolic steroids.

"To date, reports of any deleterious health consequences of purportedly low doses of steroids in dietary supplements are scant but our published...

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