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Making a diagnosis of herbal-related toxic hepatitisChristine A Haller
California Poison Control System and Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology Box 1220 University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco, CA 94143-1220, USA
West J Med 176:39-44. 2002
Seizures reported in association with use of dietary supplementsChristine A Haller
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Clin Toxicol (Phila) 43:23-30. 2005..Seizures in persons using dietary supplements (DS) have been reported through the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch system, but not formally reviewed...
St John's wort, depression, and catecholaminesChristine A Haller
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Clin Pharmacol Ther 76:393-5. 2004
Short-term metabolic and hemodynamic effects of ephedra and guarana combinationsChristine A Haller
Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Clin Pharmacol Ther 77:560-71. 2005..We sought to determine whether repeated dosing and multi-ingredient formulations contribute to the adverse effects of these supplements...
Concentrations of ephedra alkaloids and caffeine in commercial dietary supplementsChristine A Haller
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Building 30, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, California 94110, USA
J Anal Toxicol 28:145-51. 2004..We conclude that product inconsistency is common among some commercially available dietary supplements that contain ephedra alkaloids and caffeine...
Enhanced stimulant and metabolic effects of combined ephedrine and caffeineChristine A Haller
Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Clin Pharmacol Ther 75:259-73. 2004..We sought to determine whether ephedrine and caffeine have clinically significant pharmacologic interactions that explain these toxicities...
An evaluation of selected herbal reference texts and comparison to published reports of adverse herbal eventsChristine A Haller
Department of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Adverse Drug React Toxicol Rev 21:143-50. 2002..We systematically assessed six herbal reference texts to evaluate the information they contain on herbal toxicity...
Pharmacology of ephedra alkaloids and caffeine after single-dose dietary supplement useChristine A Haller
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, 94143, USA
Clin Pharmacol Ther 71:421-32. 2002..We assessed the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a dietary supplement that contains these herbal stimulants...
Comparison of an automated and point-of-care immunoassay to GC-MS for urine oxycodone testing in the clinical laboratoryChristine A Haller
Department of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Box 1220, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Anal Toxicol 30:106-11. 2006..Confirmation of screened positive samples requires a method that can detect total oxycodone and oxymorphone...
Clinical pharmacology of 1,4-butanediol and gamma-hydroxybutyrate after oral 1,4-butanediol administration to healthy volunteersD Thai
Amgen Corportion, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Clin Pharmacol Ther 81:178-84. 2007..At the modest dose studied, significant clinical effects were not seen...
Determination of ephedra alkaloid and caffeine concentrations in dietary supplements and biological fluidsPeyton Jacob
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Building 30, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, California 94110, USA
J Anal Toxicol 28:152-9. 2004..Using this method, low nanogram-per-milliliter concentrations of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, methylephedrine, methylpseudoephedrine, and caffeine can be quantitated in a 12-min LC-MS-MS run...
Hemodynamic effects of ephedra-free weight-loss supplements in humansChristine A Haller
Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA
Am J Med 118:998-1003. 2005..aurantium alone, because an eightfold higher dose of synephrine (Advantra Z) had no effect on blood pressure, but may be attributable to caffeine and other stimulants in the multi-component formulation...
Mechanistic pharmacokinetic modelling of ephedrine, norephedrine and caffeine in healthy subjectsC Csajka
Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Br J Clin Pharmacol 59:335-45. 2005..A saturable process appears to be involved in the metabolism of ephedrine to norephedrine...
Human pharmacology of a performance-enhancing dietary supplement under resting and exercise conditionsChristine A Haller
Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
Br J Clin Pharmacol 65:833-40. 2008..The effect of exercise on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of stimulant herbals is unknown...
Clinical approach to adverse events and interactions related to herbal and dietary supplementsChristine A Haller
University of California, San Francisco, California Poison Control System, San Francisco Division, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Clin Toxicol (Phila) 44:605-10. 2006
Incomplete recovery of prescription opioids in urine using enzymatic hydrolysis of glucuronide metabolitesPing Wang
Clinical Laboratories, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94110, USA
J Anal Toxicol 30:570-5. 2006..We conclude that acid hydrolysis is the method of choice for GC-MS confirmation of urine opioids...
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate and ethanol effects and interactions in humansDung Thai
Amgen Corporation, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
J Clin Psychopharmacol 26:524-9. 2006..Gamma-hydroxybutyrate-plus-ethanol resulted in more adverse effects, including gastrointestinal disturbances, hypotension, and decreased O2sat, but only minimal pharmacokinetic interactions were observed...
Effect of a multicomponent, ephedra-containing dietary supplement (Metabolife 356) on Holter monitoring and hemostatic parameters in healthy volunteersStephanie F Gardner
Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham #522, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Am J Cardiol 91:1510-3, A9. 2003
Research Grants
- PHARMACOLOGY OF COMBINED EPHEDRINE/CAFFEINE SUPPLEMENTSChristine Haller; Fiscal Year: 2004..The long-term objective for the proposed studies is to develop Dr. Haller into an independent career clinical researcher in this field of study. ..
