[Acute hepatitis caused by wild germander. Hepatotoxicity of herbal remedies. Two cases].

While interest in herbal therapy is clearly increasing in Western countries, there are few available data about hepatotoxicity of herbal remedies. We report on two women who had severe acute hepatocellular liver injury occurring within one to two months of treatment with Wild Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys L.), a herbal medicine for losing weight.

A comparison of metoclopramide and trimebutine on small bowel motility in humans.

Trimebutine meleate and metoclopramide increase small bowel motility. The present manometric study of the human normal interdigestive duodeno-jejunal motility demonstrated two different pharmacological effects in 15 healthy volunteers. Trimebutine constantly induced a premature phase 3 activity (0.

[Effect of trimebutine on the motility of the normal human small intestines: mechanism of action].

The effects of intravenous trimebutine (TMB) on duodenojejunal motility were investigated in normal subjects in fed and fasted states. The motility was recorded manometrically. In the fasting state TMB 100 mg, 25 min after a spontaneous phase 3 (P3) constantly induced a premature P3.

Induction of phase 3 of the migrating motor complex in human small intestine by trimebutine.

The effects of trimebutine, a drug used in the treatment of various gastrointestinal motility disorders, have been investigated fed and fasted healthy subjects. Duodenojejunal motility was recorded manometrically with a 4-lumen probe. Trimebutine 50 or 100 mg was injected i.

[Involvement of the peripheral and pyramidal nervous system in Crohn disease. Determining role of folic acid deficiency].

We report on the case of a 16-year-old male patient who presented with a peripheral neuropathy remarkable by the severity of pain, the proximal involvement and the association with an underlying myelopathy. All these symptoms coincided with an acute exacerbation of Crohn disease (regional enteritis) involving mainly the duodenojejunal segment, and were ascribed to a major folic acid deficiency, with total recovery following supplementation. In this connection we recall the various neurological symptoms induced by folic acid deficiency.