"taking portia landed me in the hospital. after taking it for 4 months, i began having horrible head aches and sensitivity to light. a few days later i went to the doctors, after a ct, mri, and a mrv they found a major blood clot in my brain. two days later i was admitted into the hospital with blindness in my left eye resulting in having to have a spinal tap to take the fluid off of my brain. for the next year i will be on a blood thinner and a brain swelling medication. do not take portia!!!"