A 26-year-old man in Pennsylvania who took Indian Ayurvedic herbal supplements wound up developing lead poisoning from taking the pills, according to a report of his case. Stomach pain, weight loss, nausea, vomiting and dark-colored stools had sent the man to an emergency room in Philadelphia, where doctors discovered that he had a high level of lead in his blood, according to the report. The man's symptoms went away several months after he was treated and stopped taking the supplements, the doctors who treated him wrote in their report.
This is not the first time Ayurvedic herbal supplements have landed someone in the hospital. There have been other cases of lead poisoning linked to the use of similar supplements, the man's doctors wrote in the report, published today (June 30) in the journal BMJ Case Reports. "This case follows similar reports in the USA of acute lead toxicity from…
