Sunday, February 17, 2013

SlimXtreme Diet Pills Seized for Containing Dangerous Prescription Drug By Edward Lamb, About.com GuideFebruary 17, 2013

Any pharmacy or health and wellness store stocking SlimXtreme, SlimPlus, SlimLee, GetSlim, SlimDrops or Colonew should stop selling the weight loss aids immediately.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Feb. 14, 2013, that U.S. marshals had seized all unshipped packages of the products from Globe All Wellness. Analyses and inspections by FDA officials found that the company had used the prescription-only drug sibutramine when formulating its products. It also failed to follow current good manufacturing practices required for dietary supplements.

Sibutramine was the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Abbott Laboratories' diet drug Meridia. Abott withdrew Meridia from the market in 2010 after evidence emerged that patients taking the medication had significantly increased risks for suffering debilitating and fatal heart attacks and strokes.

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