Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin

Cholestasis Due to Ingestion of Probably Adulterated Health Supplements: A Case Report

Abstract

Waseem Raja Dar, Meenakshi Trikha and Asim Trikha

Health supplements are marketed as non-pharmaceutical means of improving health and are widely used by gym going youth to enhance their musculature. This is largely driven by peer pressure. The constituents of these supplements may not be regulated and may contain anabolic steroids. We here present a case of a young man who developed cholestasis secondary to use of health supplements that possibly contained anabolic steroids.