Written by Jane Tucker | Wednesday, 03 June 2009 | There are 0 comments
If you ever need reminding about how dangerous it is to use unlicensed and illegal weight loss medication all you need to do is read about Natasha Henstridge. Natasha who once had a body which women envied and men desired and drooled over claims that her unhealthy living and the dangerous tablets which came in the way of over the counter supplements, Chinese herbal remedies and other dubious sounding products have permanently damaged her health.

Natasha who is probably most famous for her role in the film Species when she stripped down and showed off her perfect physical shape is now 34 and said that she regrets taking the unproven and untested weight loss drugs. At the time she thought that they were harmless but she now realises that her metabolism has been permanently damaged as a result and that there is no substitute for healthy food and exercise.
She now follows a very healthy diet and has become a mountain bike fanatic which she claims has not only stabilised her physical size but also made her feel much happier about herself.
In America the weight loss supplement industry is largely unregulated and as a result it is possible to buy online products which really should not be available to the public. They have not been clinically tested and all the claims they make have often not been verified which has led to calls for a tighter regulation of the industry. In the United Kingdom only two medications weight loss are allowed to be prescribed by doctors and they are Reductil and Xenical both of which have had many years of clinical testing done to test not only their safety but also effectiveness.
If you do want to use weight loss medication you should get a prescription from a doctor so that you can be assured that what you are using will not do permanent damage to your body. Doctors always dispense sensible weight loss advice along with medication which is as important as the drug itself.
