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Tainted Weight Loss Pills

By Jessica Smagacz

ppToday a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01933.html"FDA /aalerted customers nationwide not to consume or purchase more than 25 different products marketed for weight loss. a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01933.html"FDA /asays these products contain undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients that have the potential to put consumers at a health risk./p pThe weight loss products a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01933.html"FDA /ais warning about include:/p p table class="MsoNormalTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0" style="width: 100%; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" tbody tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes" td valign="top" width="211" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 158.25pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pFatloss Slimming/p /td td valign="top" width="204" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 153pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" p2 Day Diet /p /td td valign="top" width="192" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 2in; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" p3x Slimming Power/p /td /tr tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1" td valign="top" width="211" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 158.25pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pJapan Lingzhi 24 Hours Diet/p /td td valign="top" width="204" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 153pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" p5x Imelda Perfect Slimming/p /td td valign="top" width="192" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 2in; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" p3 Day Diet /p /td /tr tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2" td valign="top" width="211" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 158.25pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" p7 Day Herbal Slim/p /td td valign="top" width="204" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 153pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" p8 Factor Diet/p /td td valign="top" width="192" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 2in; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" p7 Diet Day/Night Formula/p /td /tr tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3" td valign="top" width="211" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 158.25pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" p999 Fitness Essence/p /td td valign="top" width="204" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 153pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pExtrim Plus/p /td td valign="top" width="192" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 2in; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pGMP/p /td /tr tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4" td valign="top" width="211" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 158.25pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pImelda Perfect Slim/p /td td valign="top" width="204" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 153pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pLida DaiDaihua/p /td td valign="top" width="192" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 2in; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pMiaozi Slim Capsules/p /td /tr tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5" td valign="top" width="211" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 158.25pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pPerfect Slim/p /td td valign="top" width="204" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 153pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pPerfect Slim 5x/p /td td valign="top" width="192" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 2in; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pPhyto Shape/p /td /tr tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6" td valign="top" width="211" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 158.25pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pProSlim Plus/p /td td valign="top" width="204" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 153pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pRoyal Slimming Formula/p /td td valign="top" width="192" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 2in; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pSlim 3 in 1/p /td /tr tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7" td valign="top" width="211" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 158.25pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pSlim Express 360/p /td td valign="top" width="204" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 153pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pSlimtech/p /td td valign="top" width="192" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 2in; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pSomotrim/p /td /tr tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8" td valign="top" width="211" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 158.25pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pSuperslim/p /td td valign="top" width="204" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 153pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pTripleSlim/p /td td valign="top" width="192" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 2in; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pZhen de Shou/p /td /tr tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes" td valign="top" width="211" style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; width: 158.25pt; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" pVenom Hyperdrive 3.0/p /td td style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" /td td style="border-right: #ece9d8; padding-right: 0in; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: #ece9d8; padding-top: 0in; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" /td /tr /tbody /table /p pThe above products are sold online and some retail stores. a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01933.html"FDA /ahas not approved any of these products. They are being marketed as dietary supplements or are marketed as natural or only contain herbal ingredients. HOWEVER, these weight loss products ldquo;actually contain potentially harmful ingredients not listed on the product labels or in promotional advertisements.rdquo;/p pIf you are currently taking any of the above listed products, stop taking them, a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01933.html"FDA /aadvises. FDA is currently trying to have these companies recall the products but has received inadequate responses. They may have to take more enforcements steps including possibly issuing warning letters or going as far as initiating seizures, injunctions or even criminal charges./p pPossible risks from the above products include:/p p-high blood pressure, seizures, tachycardia, palpitations, heart attack or stroke or adverse drug reactions if taken with other medications (if sibutramine is found in the products)/p p-If rimonabant is found in these products it has been associated with increased risk of depression or suicidal thoughts/p pIf you have any serious adverse events or side effects or any product quality problem, a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01933.html"FDA /arequests that you please report online or by mail, fax or phone to the FDArsquo;s MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program./p p /p/pa href="http://atlanta.injuryboard.com/toxic-substances/tainted-weight-loss-pills.aspx?googleid=253852"Originally posted/a at a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"InjuryBoard/a by a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/member-profiles/Jessica-Smagacz"Jessica Smagacz/a

Full post as published by Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer on December 22, 2008 (boomark / email).