| Spiked Diet Pills: No Weight Loss and a Lot of Danger. | | | | contained high doses of amphetamines, and the |
| Pills, powders, and drinks advertised to promote | | | | active ingredients in Librium and Prozac. They may be |
| weight loss or burn fat thru some mysterious | | | | habit forming, and can cause anxiety, heart |
| mechanisms are a sure sign of trouble ahead. They | | | | palpitations, drowsiness, dizziness and impair the ability |
| are either potentially dangerous if they have any | | | | to drive. Havard Medical School researchers found |
| effect, or more likely totally ineffective. | | | | Fenproporex, the second most often prescribed |
| OTC Diet Pills Don't Work and They Can Harm | | | | amphetamine in some over the counter products. |
| You.The FDA is investigating 28 over the counter pills | | | | Fenproporex is known to be addictive and is rapidly |
| claimed to produce weight loss. They found large | | | | converted into amphetamine in the body. The |
| amounts of prescription drugs mixed with the pills. | | | | internet and other illegal markets have made these |
| Consumers have no way of knowing that these | | | | drugs even more available. |
| products contain powerful drugs that could cause | | | | "Natural" Does NOT Mean Safe: |
| serious health problems. Some of the drugs pointed | | | | What is the overweight individual to do when faced |
| out by the FDA and other consumer alter groups | | | | with the temptation to take these types of |
| containing dangerous additives include:x Slimming | | | | substance? Four things should come to mind: |
| Power, Perfect Slim, Pro-Slim Plus, and Som o trim. Be | | | | 1. " Natural" and "herbal" are not necessarily safe. |
| suspicious of claims like "no-hunger," "no exercise," | | | | 2. "Natural" and "herbal" are not necessarily effective. |
| "fat burner," or "metabolism booster." There are no | | | | 3. Any substance marketed as a " dietary |
| proven drugs than burn fat or anything else. There is | | | | supplement" should be suspect. There is little to no |
| no way to booster one's metabolism other than by | | | | FDA regulation of these chemicals. That's why the |
| exercising. | | | | manufacturers call them supplements rather than |
| Brazilian Diet Pills Contain Amphetamines and Other | | | | medications. |
| Drugs: This FDA report follows a serious warning in | | | | 4 Very few people need supplements in the first |
| 2007, concerning Brazilian Diet pills-Magrece Sim and | | | | place. |
| Herbathin. Marketed as "dietary supplements," they | | | | |