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Article: Non-prescription diet pills are hazardous to ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 6, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... to 15 pounds. Although these diet pills carry warnings that consumers ... justification for allowing these diet pills with PPA to be available without ... manufacturers of these non-prescription diet pills will do everything they can ...

Article: The skinny on diet drugs: there are several prescription ...
Inside Business;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...There is no doubt that obesity is an epidemic in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two-thirds of Americans are overweight, with one-third classified as obese. The health risks associated with obesity are numerous, yet we continue to embrace a lifestyle

Article: Next generation of "diet pills" may offer hope for ...
Environmental Nutrition;  November 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... appetite suppressants, or "diet pills," as a way to control weight ... Forget what you know about prescription diet pills of the past. Most of them ... volunteers small doses of two prescription diet pills, Pondimin and Ionamin, in ...

Article: Diet pills are dangerous, addictive -- and tempting
Post-Tribune (IN);  February 17, 2005 ;     654 words ... ... friend has quite a few unused diet pills. I am very healthy. Would it ... Do not take your friend's diet pills. They are a prescription drug ... carefully by the doctor who wrote the prescription. Diet pills are also highly addictive. You ...

Article: Health controversy surrounds diet pills
University Wire;  April 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... cost of a month's supply of diet pills. Before you run out to the ... topic. Over-the-counter diet pills are becoming more and more popular ... this drug is severe stroke." Prescription diet pills that do not contain ephedrine ...

Article: Experts criticize diet pills searching for FDA ...
University Wire;  February 3, 2006 ;     610 words ... ... losing the weight. Diet pills presented a reasonable ... dollars annually on diet pills. In fact, 65 percent ... is trying to get its prescription diet pill, Orlistat, approved ... laxatives. Chapman said diet pills had no substance ...

Article: DIET PILLS AND TEENS A BAD MIX
Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  September 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... to them. Stimulants are among diet pills' ingredients. The pills can ... products. "Teen-gers taking diet pills is wrong unless the case is justified ... controversial ingredient in non-prescription diet pills. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...