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Urgent FDA Warning Re Diet Supplements

Written by Jane Tucker | Monday, 01 December 2008 | There are 2 comments

It is so much easier and safer to get a proper doctor’s prescription

In America, the Food & Drug Administration have put out an urgent statement concerning two dietary supplements which on testing were seen to contain substances which had not been declared. The two products were Zhen De Shou Fat Loss Capsules which contained the active ingredient of the weight loss medication Reductil, namely sibutramine which functions as an appetite suppressant, and also Starcaps Diet System which contained a powerful compound called bumetanide which is a prescription only diuretic. In both cases there was no mention on the packaging or labeling that these products were anything other than completely harmless and the packaging was green in colour to give the impression that they were natural products as opposed to powerful prescription medicines.

Urgent FDA Warning Re Diet Supplements

The FDA has ordered an immediate recall of all of the supplements distributed in the United States and which were sold on the internet. Possibly not all of the supplements have been laced with sibutramine and dumetanide and further testing is going on to determine whether other batches have also been affected.

It has not been made clear whether the distribution companies in the United States will be made criminally liable for the fact that a number of rules have been broken with regard to prescription medications and false reporting. The companies may claim that these capsules were made in China and that they dodn't have knowledge of the potentially dangerous addition of prescription medication.

Sibutramine or Reductil is the world’s most effective appetite suppressant and is used by thousands of dieters all over the world but it must be used responsibly and only with a doctor’s prescription because for some people there are side effects. People who have high blood pressure should be aware that the Reductil can sometimes increase blood pressure and pulse rate.

It is so much easier and safer to get a proper doctor’s prescription and this can be done online safely at the Ukmedix web site and you can even check the veracity of your product by using the Ukmedix Pharmacheck system.

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There are 2 comments on this article.

On December 02, 2008 at 21:41
fattie said:

sibutramine is the same as reductil or meridua so whats so wrong with this?

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On December 03, 2008 at 11:03
jones said:

@fattie If you don't mind having your medicines made by a drunk chinaman with a hygiene problem... then nothing...

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