Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Defibrillator discharge reported after consuming weight loss supplement

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 6th, 2004

Researchers report a case of inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator discharge following consumption of a dietary weight loss supplement in a recent issue of the journal Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.

According to a study from the United States, "This report describes the clinical course of a 40-year-old female who experienced repetitive ICD firing after consuming Metobolife 356, a multicomponent dietary weight loss supplement."

"Following the initiation of Metabolife 356, the patient experienced four shocks over a 3 day period with two 30 J shocks being delivered sequentially," reported Brian F. McBride and collaborators...

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