red yeast rice and Reduced Uric Acid Levels

Safety in these studies

alanine transaminase level increaseIncreased risk
10 (16.4%) associations indicated a significant protective effect of RYR preparations against adverse health outcomes, while 5 (8.2%) indicated an increased risk of adverse health outcomes related to uric acid, alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase levels.
from: Associations between the use of red yeast rice preparations and adverse health outcomes: A
aspartate transaminase level increaseIncreased risk
10 (16.4%) associations indicated a significant protective effect of RYR preparations against adverse health outcomes, while 5 (8.2%) indicated an increased risk of adverse health outcomes related to uric acid, alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase levels.
from: Associations between the use of red yeast rice preparations and adverse health outcomes: A
uric acid level increaseIncreased risk
10 (16.4%) associations indicated a significant protective effect of RYR preparations against adverse health outcomes, while 5 (8.2%) indicated an increased risk of adverse health outcomes related to uric acid, alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase levels.
from: Associations between the use of red yeast rice preparations and adverse health outcomes: A
Overall tolerabilityNo significant difference
The other 46 (75.4%) associations showed no significant difference between the use of RYR preparations and control treatments.
from: Associations between the use of red yeast rice preparations and adverse health outcomes: A

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Associations between the use of red yeast rice preparations and adverse health outcomes: An umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.