Incidence of Liver Injury Related to Kampo Medicine Containing Scutellaria Baicalensis at Our Clinic
- VernacularTitle:Incidence of Liver Injury Related to Kampo Medicine Containing Scutellaria Baicalensis at Our Clinic
- Author:
Naoki MANTANI
1
;
Hiroshi OKA
1
;
Taeko WATANABE
1
;
Naomi NAGASAKI
1
Author Information
- Keywords: Scutellaria baicalensis; Kampo medicine; drug-induced liver injury; incidence
- From:Kampo Medicine 2017;68(4):377-381
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: To estimate the incidence of liver injury related to Kampo medicine containing Scutellaria baicalensis, all medical records in our clinic were retrospectively examined. Among 2,430 patients who took Kampo medicine containing Scutellaria baicalensis, liver blood tests were performed in 1,547 cases (63.7%). The possibility of liver injury related to Kampo medicine containing Scutellaria baicalensis could not be denied in 19 cases (1.2%) among the 1,547 cases. The clinical features of liver injury in 19 cases were not different from those in previous reports. In agreement with the previous literature, this study also suggests that the incidence of liver injury related to Kampo medicine containing Scutellaria baicalensis is about 1%.
