Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 37, Issue 5 , Pages 414-415, November 2005

Citrus aurantium used for weight loss by an adolescent with anorexia nervosa

  • Susan Gray, M.D.
    • ,
  • Alan D. Woolf, M.D., M.P.H.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Alan Woolf, Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, 1295 Longwood Avenue, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02115.

Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 19 September 2004; accepted 14 December 2004.

Abstract 

A 16-year-old woman with an eating disorder admitted to taking a Citrus aurantium-containing dietary supplement for weight loss purposes. Its adrenergic agonist properties may have masked bradycardia and hypotension while exacerbating her weight loss.

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PII: S1054-139X(04)00467-7

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.12.011

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 37, Issue 5 , Pages 414-415, November 2005

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