Drug-Induced Liver Injury Secondary to Turmeric Supplement Containing Piperine: A Case Report

Koo N, Kambhampati H, Herman M · Cureus

Viral, autoimmune, ischaemic, obstructive and metabolic causes were excluded; liver tests normalised after the supplement was stopped and the patient recovered fully.

Population

A 35-year-old man with jaundice, fatigue, pruritus and anorexia

Intervention

Turmeric supplement containing piperine

Limitations

A single case with no rechallenge and no HLA typing; recorded because it is a recent, well-worked-up example of the piperine-containing product pattern the DILIN series identified.