Tainted Diet Pills

A warning was recently issued by the FDA regarding a sizable number of weight loss supplements found to have potentially dangerous ingredients. Many of these supplements claim to be “natural” or contain only “herbal” ingredients. Very worryingly they actually contain pharmaceutical ingredients and other chemicals.

FDA analysis revealed that the undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients in some of these supplements included rimonabant (a banned obesity drug associated with the risk of serious side effects including psychiatric problems and even suicide), sibutramine (a prescription-only weight loss drug), phenytoin (an anti-seizure medication), and phenolphthalein (a suspected cancer causing agent). Some of the amounts of active pharmaceutical ingredients far exceeded the FDA-recommended levels, making these rogue diet supplements a serious health hazard.

The following supplements are listed on the FDA alert:

• 2 Day Diet
• 3 Day Diet
• 7 Day Herbal Slim
• 7 Diet Day/Night Formula
• Extrim Plus
• 999 Fitness Essence
• Fatloss Slimming
• 8 Factor Diet
• GMP
• Imelda Perfect Slim
• 5x Imelda Perfect Slimming
• Japan Lingzhi 24 Hours Diet
• Lida DaiDaihua
• Miaozi Slim Capsules
• Perfect Slim
• Perfect Slim 5x
• Phyto Shape
• ProSlim Plus
• Royal Slimming Formula
• Slim 3 in 1
• Slim Express 360
• 3x Slimming Power
• Slimtech
• Somotrim
• Superslim
• TripleSlim
• Zhen de Shou
• Venom Hyperdrive 3.0