After ingesting a health food containing Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice, a man was diagnosed with inflammation in his ureter and was hospitalized and underwent surgery.He said in an interview with NHK, ``There have been no reports of damage. "Only those who have taken the drug can understand the growing sense of fear. We don't know the cause and it's scary," he said, calling for an investigation into the cause as soon as possible.

A man in his 40s living in Tokyo started taking Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's ``Red Yeast Choleste Help'' after his cholesterol levels exceeded the standard in a health check last August.



He said that the product was recommended to him by the pharmacist at the pharmacy he consulted with, and he said, ``I thought it would be good for health if it contained koji.''



I purchased 2 bags of 60 tablets each, and was taking 3 tablets a day, which is the company's recommended intake, but after about 2 weeks, my urine turned dark brown. .



After that, when he continued to take the product


, he felt a stabbing pain in his lower abdomen near his bladder


, and it became difficult to urinate even when he tried to urinate.At


that time, he did not think that this product was the cause, and the amount of water he purchased caused it. This means that you have ingested all of it.



The man had a chronic kidney disease, and when he was examined at the hospital in September, the doctor diagnosed that his ureter was inflamed, so he underwent surgery in October and was hospitalized for about a week. This means that the symptoms have recovered.



The doctor did not know the cause of the inflammation, but explained that the symptoms were unrelated to any chronic illness.



In response to this issue, the man contacted Kobayashi Pharmaceutical on the 26th of this month and informed them that he had been hospitalized, but the product bag had been thrown away, and the company could not respond unless they knew the serial number. That is what was answered.



However, on the 28th, the company called again and said, ``Since you have been hospitalized, we would like to confirm the details again,'' and asked about your symptoms.



The man said, ``I never thought that the red yeast rice health food I was drinking could be the cause of the disease.I was also experiencing severe symptoms, so I was horrified.Only those who have taken it can understand the fear that the number of reports of damage is increasing.'' I don't have any, so I want the company to understand that feeling."



He went on to say, ``For the past six months since my symptoms appeared, I have been anxious and scared because I didn't know the cause.What is the cause?I don't want to be in the dark.''He appealed for the cause to be investigated as soon as possible. I did.