Guest guest Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 Herbalife products accused of causing liver toxicity. Phyllis Chen, a 29-year-old woman who acquired acute liver problems after taking Herbalife products is suing the company and several others that manufacture its products and ingredients. The complaint states that Chen suffered acute liver problems that required hospitalization as a result of using a combination of Herbalife products. http://www.casewatch.org/civil/herbalife/complaint.shtml Chen is suing for breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty, strict liability, negligence, and fraud. In a press release, Chen's attorney Grell stated that Chen's health had deteriorated within a few months after she began taking 23 Herbalife products. She could not hold food down, was nauseous, and was constantly fatigued. Her symptoms stopped when she stopped taking the products and returned (worse) after she resumed their use. She sought emergency care after she noticed blood in her urine, and the doctors opined that the most likely cause of her liver problems were the Herbalife products and instructed her to stop taking them immediately. Two recent journal articles have reported on 22 other cases of severe liver toxicity associated with the use of Herbalife products. [schoepfer AM and others. Herbal does not mean innocuous: 10 cases of severe hepatotoxicity from dietary supplements from Herbalife. Journal of Hepatology 47:521-526, 2007 http://www.ikp.unibe.ch/lab2/herbalife2007.pdf and Elinav E and others. Association between consumption of Herbalife nutritional supplements and acute hepatotoxicity. Journal of Hepatology 47:514-520, 2007] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17692424 Tests commissioned by the Fraud Discovery Institute (FDI) have found high levels of lead in at least two of the Herbalife products that Ms. Chen had consumed. FDI findings led to the recent resignation of Herbalife president, Probert for including a nonexistent MBA degree on his resumé. -- Ortiz, RD A morning without coffee is like sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Hello, After much delay, I answer this message. I'm very glad that this woman is suing Herbalife. This is very funny to see that both references were the same that I putted on this group on Friday Feb 22, 2008 and changed my patient's mind about this company. I hope that thanks to these to articles, things will change. Please, , give us informations about this. -- Frederic Courtois, PhD, RD, France Herbalife Herbalife products accused of causing liver toxicity. Phyllis Chen, a 29-year-old woman who acquired acute liver problems after taking Herbalife products is suing the company and several others that manufacture its products and ingredients. The complaint states that Chen suffered acute liver problems that required hospitalization as a result of using a combination of Herbalife products. http://www.casewatch.org/civil/herbalife/complaint.shtml Chen is suing for breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty, strict liability, negligence, and fraud. In a press release, Chen's attorney Grell stated that Chen's health had deteriorated within a few months after she began taking 23 Herbalife products. She could not hold food down, was nauseous, and was constantly fatigued. Her symptoms stopped when she stopped taking the products and returned (worse) after she resumed their use. She sought emergency care after she noticed blood in her urine, and the doctors opined that the most likely cause of her liver problems were the Herbalife products and instructed her to stop taking them immediately. Two recent journal articles have reported on 22 other cases of severe liver toxicity associated with the use of Herbalife products. [schoepfer AM and others. Herbal does not mean innocuous: 10 cases of severe hepatotoxicity from dietary supplements from Herbalife. Journal of Hepatology 47:521-526, 2007 http://www.ikp.unibe.ch/lab2/herbalife2007.pdf and Elinav E and others. Association between consumption of Herbalife nutritional supplements and acute hepatotoxicity. Journal of Hepatology 47:514-520, 2007] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17692424 Tests commissioned by the Fraud Discovery Institute (FDI) have found high levels of lead in at least two of the Herbalife products that Ms. Chen had consumed. FDI findings led to the recent resignation of Herbalife president, Probert for including a nonexistent MBA degree on his resumé. -- Ortiz, RD A morning without coffee is like sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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