Coltsfoot as a Potential Cause of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient also Consuming Kava and Blue Vervain

Abstract

Of the medications consumed by this self-proclaimed "herbalist," coltsfoot is a potential cause of venous thromboembolic disease (VTE).

More than just heat: ambient ionization mass spectrometry for determination of the species of origin of processed commercial products—application to psychoactive pepper supplements

“…Kava ingestion has been implicated in poisonings and deaths, especially when used in conjunction with alcohol or other drugs, making its identication important in forensic and toxicological contexts. [24][25][26][27] P. betle is indigenous to Southeast Asia and is the third most widely used stimulant worldwide, with over 400 million users throughout Asia. 28 It contains a wide variety of constituents including hydroxychavicol, hydroxychavicol acetate, allypyrocatechol, chavibetol, eugenol, chavicol, methyl eugenol, allypyrocatechol acetate, allypyrocatechol diacetate, aterpinene, and b-caryophyllene, some of which are shown in Fig.…”