補完代替医療(CAM)による複合的な肝腎毒性:症例報告
George S Zacharia1, Vedashree Ravte1, Abhilasha Jyala2
1Internal Medicine, BronxCare Health System, New York, USA.
Cureus
|January 28, 2026
まとめ
補完代替医療(CAM)の使用が、脂肪肝の自己治療を行っていた患者に重度の肝臓および腎臓の損傷を引き起こしました。臨床医は、CAM関連の薬物性肝障害(DILI)のリスクを認識する必要があります。
科学分野:
- 肝臓病学
- 腎臓病学
- 薬理学
背景:
- 薬物性肝障害(DILI)は、世界的な健康問題として重要です。
- 補完代替医療(CAM)の使用は増加していますが、安全性と有効性に関する厳密なデータが不足していることがよくあります。
- CAM製品は肝疾患に対して頻繁に使用されており、潜在的なリスクをもたらします。
研究 の 目的:
- CAMの使用による重度の肝腎機能障害の症例を報告すること。
- 特定のCAM成分の潜在的な肝毒性を強調すること。
- CAMのリスクに関する臨床医の認識と患者教育の重要性を強調すること。
主な方法:
- 脂肪肝の治療を受けた42歳男性の症例報告。
- 他の原因(ウイルス性、自己免疫性、代謝性、閉塞性)による肝および腎機能障害の除外。
- Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method(RUCAM)を用いた因果関係評価。
主要な成果:
- 患者はCAMによる自己治療後、重度の肝および腎機能障害を発症しました。
- RUCAMスコアは、CAMとDILI(肝細胞型)との間に因果関係がある可能性が高いことを示しました。
- 疑われたCAM成分には、パパイヤ(Carica papaya)、Alstonia boonei、Tetrapleura tetrapteraが含まれます。
結論:
- CAMの使用は、重度の薬物性肝障害および腎機能障害を引き起こす可能性があります。
- 医療提供者にとって、ハーブ製品のリスクに関する注意と患者教育は極めて重要です。
- 原因となる薬剤の早期認識と中止、および支持療法により、予後を改善することができます。
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