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Case of Suspected Drug-Induced Liver Injury after Intravenous Wild Ginseng Pharmacopuncture  

Jo, Hee Guen (Sunchang Health Center and County Hospital)
Jung, Pil Sun (Chung-Yeon Oriental Hospital)
Kim, Hee Young (Chung-Yeon Oriental Hospital)
Bae, So Yeon (Chung-Yeon Oriental Hospital)
Jo, Mi Jin (Chung-Yeon Oriental Hospital)
Shin, Jun Huk (Chung-Yeon Oriental Hospital)
Han, Sae Huk (Chung-Yeon Oriental Hospital)
Na, Jae Il (Chung-Yeon Oriental Hospital)
Sul, Jae Uk (Chung-Yeon Oriental Hospital)
Lee, Sang Young (Chung-Yeon Oriental Hospital)
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Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.28, no.1, 2014 , pp. 102-106 More about this Journal
Abstract
Wild ginseng pharmacopuncture is a partly used Traditional Korean Medicine's therapy with no previously well documented hepatotoxicity. We report the the first case of suspected drug-induced liver injury (DILI) after intravenous Wild ginseng Pharmacopuncture therapy. Our clinical observation based on patient's laboratory studies, medical history, detailed drug history and ruling out other possible causes. Our patient's suspected diagnosis was wild ginseng pharmacopuncture-induced liver injury with correlation between detailed drug history and laboratory studies. This diagnosis was supported by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences-Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method(RUCAM). This report represents the first documented cases of suspected DILI after intravenous wild ginseng pharmacopuncture therapy, highlighting the need for future research regarding potential hepatotoxicity of Wild ginseng Pharmacopuncture.
Keywords
Drug-Induced Liver Disease; Wild ginseng Pharmacopuncture;
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