People do die from using dangerous weight loss medications

If you are thinking of using diet medication the only thing to do is get a prescription and a consultation from a doctor. If this is embarrassing for you, you can go online at the Ukmedix web site. Whatever you do, don't go down the road of using untested or banned weight loss medication because they could very seriously damage your health.

Recently Ukmedix News has heard reports that people are still buying completely banned and dangerous weight loss medication on the internet and many have been admitted to hospital. For example one compound that is often promoted on the internet is Ephedra which is a herb that boosts blood pressure and heart rate and also the metabolism. Because it is a herb many people think it is natural but its side effects are extremely serious and it has been found in a number of illegal weight loss supplements and medications such as Ma Huang, Hydroxycut, Metabolife 356, Xenadrine and Trimspa, (which incidentally is reputed to have caused the death of the Playboy Centerfold Anna Nicole Smith.

Another extremely dangerous weight loss supplement which was banned by the Food & Drug Administration in America in 1991 after it caused heart attacks and lung failure is the drug clenbuterol. At present it is used by vets to treat horses who have breathing problems yet nevertheless some crazy individuals still try get their hands on it because of its metabolic boosting properties.

Probably the most famous dangerous weight loss medication is fenfluramine which is nicknamed Fen Phen. This drug was banned by the Food & Drug Administration in 1997 after having caused fatal heart disease in a number of patients.  Despite this it still gets manufactured in China and is sold on the internet as Chaso (Jianfei) Diet Capsules or as Chaso Genpi.

People do die from using dangerous weight loss medication so unless you want to become just another statistic make sure you get a prescription before you use anything to lose weight.