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More than 20 cases of liver problems have been reported here in recent months by hemorrhoid suffers taking a traditional Chinese medicine produced by a Sichuan pharmaceutical company, the Shanghai Clinical Center for Drug Adverse Reaction Monitoring said yesterday.

In addition, the State Food and Drug Administration said on its Website yesterday that the National Center for Drug Adverse Reaction Monitoring had received reports of patients suffering liver injuries after taking Zhixue capsules produced by the Sichuan Vital Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd and could not exclude a relationship between the product and the adverse reactions.