On May 1, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the voluntary recall of the widely-used diet pills, Hydroxycut, by their manufacturer, Iovate Health Sciences, Inc., of Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Consumers are warned to stop using the recalled Hydroxycut products immediately. You can return them to their place of purchase for a refund.
These supplements are used by both dieters and bodybuilders.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new warning about diet pills which are mostly sold on the Internet and are believed to be coming mainly from China.
Three drugs — orlistat (Alli, Xenical), rimonabant (Acomplia, Zimulti), and sibutramine (Meridia) — were studied by Canadian researchers to see if they were effective long-term for obese patients.
According to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, diet pills work if obese people lose 5% of their total body weight after 3 months.
Using that as a guideline, do diet pills work?
The FDA is deciding whether to approve a new diet drug for use in the U.S. European regulators have already approved Accomplia, which is made by Sanofi-Aventis SA.
In the U.S., the drug would be marketed under the name, Zimulti. It’s also known by its generic name, rimonabant.
Here’s the problem:
It’s a diet pill that turns into jelly in your belly to make you feel full. Seriously.
I think most diet drugs are a scam. That’s just personal opinion, of course.
But there’s at least one group of dieters who got hurt twice… and then their lawyers allegedly threatened to hurt these dieters again if they told anyone what happened.
After receiving FDA approval, GlaxoSmithKline PLC will begin selling an over-the-counter version of the weight-loss drug, Xenical (orlistat), sometime this summer. The 60-milligram capsule will be marketed under the name, Alli, and is expected to cost about $1-$2 a day.
It will only be about half the strength of the prescription version of the drug.
Alli is only for people 18 years and older. It should be used in conjunction with a low-fat, reduced-calorie diet and exercise.
Apparently, by itself, it won’t do much for you.