含有乙醇和咖啡因的多成分食补充剂的心电图和血液动力学影响:一项随机对照试验

Brian F McBride1, Angeliki K Karapanos, Agnes Krudysz

  • 1University of Connecticut Schools of Pharmacy, Storrs, Conn, USA.

JAMA
|January 15, 2004
PubMed
概括

发现Metabolife 356,一种含有乙和咖啡因的流行的减肥补充剂,在健康志愿者中显著增加了纠正的QT (QTc) 间隔和缩血压 (SBP). 由于未知的安全风险,患者应避免服用这种补充剂.

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