04/03/2026
Yesterday, I saw a patient for initial consult with a creatinine >400. She has meds for hypertension and diabetes but she has also been taking online-purchased supplements for several years.
A quick search revealed:
1. ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ - marketed for
โข Hemorrhoids
โข A**l swelling and pain
โข Improving blood circulation
2. ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ - claims very serious indications
โข Removal of toxic materials
โข Improves immune function
โข Balancing, shrinking & restraining growth of cancer and tumor cells (pancreatic, gastric, lung, liver, cervical, leukemia, etc.)
โข Contains Semen Strychni (Nux vomica) which can be toxic if improperly processed and with excessive use can cause severe neurotoxicity and renal injury.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
โข ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ
โข ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐
โข ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐
We cannot ignore the POSSIBILITY of kidney injury from unregulated supplements.
Your health is too important to gamble on these products.
