Article: Diet pills linked to high blood pressure.

Article: Drug in diet pills can raise blood ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 6, 1987 ;     614 words ... ... on the package of my diet pills. My sister told me she read that it can raise blood pressure. True? A. Phenylpropanolamine ... Yes, it can elevate blood pressure. In one case on record ... with the drug had a blood pressure rise to 184 over 96 ...

Article: Diet pills nearly kill her daughter
The Boston Globe;  August 16, 1996 ;     665 words ... ... was thinking about buying some diet pills. Should I? DESPERATE Absolutely not. Diet pills are often amphetamines, or ... weight loss is only temporary. Diet pills can raise blood pressure, increase your heart rate and ...

Article: Diet pills should come in second to eating right, ...
University Wire;  February 15, 2006 ;     678 words ... ... especially for people with heart issues. "Diet pills raise your metabolism with caffeine ... people get edgy when first taking diet pills. "We don't recommend taking diet pills if someone has high blood pressure," Sensabaugh said. Sensabaugh added ...

Article: Diet Pills Get a Second Look; Drug Treatment for ...
The Washington Post;  December 6, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... amphetamines, which cause addiction, gave diet pills a bad name. "The thought was that ... complications from their weight as high blood pressure and diabetes. Most weight loss experts favor reserving diet pills for obese patients for whom all else ...

Article: Non-prescription diet pills are hazardous to some
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 6, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... Although these diet pills carry warnings ... consumers with high blood pressure should not use ... worried about her blood pressure, particularly ... one has high blood pressure. PPA is a drug ... symptoms from taking diet pills with PPA. When ...

Article: Diet pills free for all.
The Star (Amman, Jordan);  March 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... all prescription-only diet pills carry some degree of health ... example, taking different diet pills produces different risks. Some diet pills have been associated with raised heart rate, high blood pressure and heart failure. In the ...

Article: Health controversy surrounds diet pills
University Wire;  April 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... stroke." Prescription diet pills that do not contain ephedrine ... Winfield said. "Diet pills can be helpful in assisting ... managing diabetes, and high blood pressure in the presence of severe ... regulates the distribution of diet pills, the FDA does not ...