Ayurvedic pills taken for infertility cause lead poisoning: case
Samples of most of her pills contained detectable levels of lead, including one found to be 13% lead by weight, doctors report.
A woman using Ayurvedic medicine for infertility was treated for heavy metal poisoning after her blood lead levels reached 25 times above the normal limit, doctors report.
The 39-year-old Canadian patient presented to a Toronto ED three times over six weeks complaining of abdominal pain, constipation, nausea and vomiting.
The case authors say she had a history of hypothyroidism and infertility, and was taking levothyroxine, follitropin alfa injections and folic acid.
On her third visit, she also reported fatigue and was tested for anaemia and possible gastrointestinal bleeding.
