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Silibinin is the active ingredient in milk thistle, a supplement available at almost any health food store. Do doctors not know this or are they just letting pe
by _yb2s 4y ago
Silibinin is the active ingredient in milk thistle, a supplement available at almost any health food store. Do doctors not know this or are they just letting people die rather than prescribe an OTC nutraceutical? Or is there some reason it absolutely must be delivered intravenously? That seems unlikely since it is orally bioavailable.
Edit: I found this, which suggests that it should work in theory, but intense vomiting from the poisoning probably makes it not possible to take a large dose orally: http://bayareamushrooms.org/poisonings/silymarin.html http://bayareamushrooms.org/poisonings/silymarin.html
- ericbarrett 4y agoOTC supplements in the U.S. are also notoriously under-regulated. Impurities and false labeling abound. I don't see a medical professional using them for a critically ill patient if there is a viable alternative. In fact supplements already cause 20% of liver failures nationwide: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/liver-damage-from-supplements-is-on-the-rise/ https://www.consumerreports.org/health/liver-damage-from-sup...