Ashwagandha-induced liver injury: A case series from Iceland and the US Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network.

Helgi K Björnsson Einar Stefan BjörnssonBharathi AvulaIkhlas A KhanJon G JonassonMarwan GhabrilPaul H HayashiVictor Navarro

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)

These cases illustrate the hepatotoxic potential of ashwagandha. Liver injury is typically cholestatic or mixed with severe jaundice and pruritus, but self-limited with liver tests normalizing in 1-5 months.

Keyphrases

liver injury
drug induced
adverse drug
human health
atopic dermatitis
early onset
emergency department
network analysis