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ArticleBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2021

Red yeast rice (Monascus purpureus) supplements: Case series assessment of spontaneously reported cases to The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb.

Misha F Vrolijk, Sonja van de Koppel, Florence van Hunsel

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Article in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Dietary Habits and Musculoskeletal Pain in Statin and Red Yeast Rice Users: A Pilot Study.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Misha F VrolijkCampus Venlo, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2751-8972
Sonja van de KoppelNetherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, 5237 MH's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Florence van HunselNetherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, 5237 MH's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb · NLMaastricht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serious concerns are expressed on the safe use of red yeast rice (RYR) supplements. The aim of the present study was to analyse cases received by Lareb on RYR-related adverse health events. These cases were analysed for the number of reports, number of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), causality, seriousness of the reaction, latency-period, age and sex of the patients, concomitant medication and type of reporter. A total of 94 individual reports were collected by Lareb, corresponding with 187 ADRs. The analysis showed most reported ADRs were labelled musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders (n = 64), gastrointestinal disorders (n = 33) and general disorders and administration site conditions (n = 23). The use of RYR supplements should be considered as a significant safety concern. Exposure to monacolin K could lead to serious adverse effects. To fully assess the safety profile of RYR supplements, more research is necessary to compose a complete ADR profile of RYR supplements.

Indexed as

Biological ProductsDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsMonascusAdverse Drug Reaction Reporting SystemsHumansNetherlandsPharmacovigilanceBiological Productsred yeast ricecase seriesmechanismMonascus purpureusred yeast ricestatinsStoxicity

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PMID33085778
PMCPMC8056728
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