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Taking cinnamon supplements could potentially be dangerous, especially for the millions of people who take statin drugs to lower their cholesterol, a new case report suggests.
In the report, a 73-year-old woman developed the liver condition hepatitis just one week after she added cinnamon supplements to her high-dose statin medication.
It is probable that the herbal remedy combined with the high dose of statins to induce a drug-supplement interaction that caused the woman's hepatitis, the patient's doctors wrote in the report. Hepatitis is a condition in which the liver is inflamed.
Liver damage is a possible side effect of taking statins, and it appears that coumarin, a substance found in cinnamon supplements, can also harm the liver, the researchers said.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cinnamon-supplements-may-risky-people-taking-statins-181657304.html
In the report, a 73-year-old woman developed the liver condition hepatitis just one week after she added cinnamon supplements to her high-dose statin medication.
It is probable that the herbal remedy combined with the high dose of statins to induce a drug-supplement interaction that caused the woman's hepatitis, the patient's doctors wrote in the report. Hepatitis is a condition in which the liver is inflamed.
Liver damage is a possible side effect of taking statins, and it appears that coumarin, a substance found in cinnamon supplements, can also harm the liver, the researchers said.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cinnamon-supplements-may-risky-people-taking-statins-181657304.html