Article: FDA Warns Consumers on Brazilian Diet Pills

Article: FDA Warns Consumers on Brazilian Diet Pills
AP Online;  January 14, 2006 ;     537 words ......not to use two unapproved Brazilian diet pills because testing has revealed they...dangers to consumers who purchase diet pills that contain drugs of unknown origin...converts to amphetamine. Users of the diet pills have flunked drug tests after their...

Article: Agency warns consumers to avoid Brazilian diet pills
AP Worldstream;  January 13, 2006 ;     541 words ......not to use two unapproved Brazilian diet pills because testing has revealed they...dangers to consumers who purchase diet pills that contain drugs of unknown origin...converts to amphetamine. Users of the diet pills have flunked drug tests after their...

Article: U.S. agency warns consumers to avoid Brazilian diet pills
AP Worldstream;  January 13, 2006 ;     565 words ......to use two illegal Brazilian diet pills because testing has revealed...antidepressants and stimulants. The pills are sold over the Web as Emagrece...to amphetamine. Users of the diet pills have flunked drug tests after...said tests he conducted on the pills, done at the behest of ...

Article: More teen girls turning to diet pills
Charleston Daily Mail;  December 27, 2006 ;     217 words ......numbers of teenage girls look to diet pills to lose weight, a new study has found...the study found that the use of diet pills almost doubled in a group of 2,500...nearly 20 percent reported using diet pills to lose weight. Teens were tracked...

Article: Diet pills should come in second to eating right, exercise
University Wire;  February 15, 2006 ;     565 words ......trim physique fast. At first glance, diet pills seem to be a quick way to loose weight...research what they see," Dennis said. Diet pills also have several health risks and...especially for people with heart issues. "Diet pills raise your metabolism with caffeine...

Article: Obesity poses health risks, but so does popping diet pills for a quick fix
St. Joseph News-Press;  November 19, 2002 ;     680 words ...Popping over-the-counter diet pills to get trim seems easier than watching...my blood." Mr. Newman blames the diet pills. And Teri Harr, a registered nurse...that can occur from extended use of diet pills. "If you take diet pills for an extended...

Article: Importer to be charged over diet pills suspected of leading to death, illness
AP Worldstream;  June 4, 2002 ;     330 words ......Dateline: SINGAPORE The importer of diet pills suspected in a woman's death will...t listed on the packaging of the diet pills Liu's company sold in Singapore...doctors suspect was caused by the diet pills, which were yanked from shelves in...

Article: Americans, LSU students turn to diet pills for quick fix despite risks
University Wire;  January 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Kindschuh, color guard members, turned to diet pills as a means to lose weight after coming...studies junior, said she started taking diet pills as an easy way to lose weight, but...Triche also said her decision to take diet pills came because of an ongoing struggle...

Article: Diet pills free for all.
The Star (Amman, Jordan);  March 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ......habits among younger generations, diet pills are penetrating the Jordanian society...there are basically two types of diet pills available which affect your appetite...erupted on the negative effects of diet pills, Al Saket said that none have been...

Article: Singaporean importer of tainted diet pills get steep fine but no jail time
AP Worldstream;  September 26, 2002 ;     408 words ......Singaporean importer of Chinese-made diet pills that are believed linked to...thousands of bottles of the diet pills immediately when they were...December, which meant the pills went untested by Singapore...are believed linked to the pills, though there has been no conclusive ...

Article: Japan mulls warning of risks of other brands of diet pills from China
AP Worldstream;  July 20, 2002 ;     396 words ......After linking two brands of diet pills from China to a series of deaths...to two brands of herbal diet pills imported from China-based companies...and Xianzhisu. It suspects the pills may have caused liver or thyroid...been traced to Yuzhitang' s pills. Japanese authorities are now...

Article: Singapore actress tells court that diet pills ruined her
AP Worldstream;  June 24, 2003 ;     416 words ......medical treatment after taking diet pills that she says nearly caused...distributor of Chinese- made Slim 10 diet pills. The deaths of at least six...Asia have been linked to the pills, produced by Yuzhitang Health...Singapore government approved the pills after the company paid a ...

Article: Clinics dish out suspect diet pills
Scotland on Sunday;  May 31, 1998 ;     700+ words ...DIET pills which many doctors have stopped prescribing...concerned at how easy it is to get these diet pills from slimming clinics." National Slimming...spokesman said. "People get very depressed on diet pills." Alice Mahon, the Labour MP for Halifax...

Article: FEELING FAT? Diet Pills Are Back And Everyone Has Something To Say About Them
The Washington Post;  January 3, 1996 ;     700+ words ......about treating the problem with pills. There's been a pivotal change...medicine, right? But whether the pills that lower weight are comparable...s gotten way out of hand." Diet pills, of course, are nothing new...ones who should be on it." The pills should be the last resort for...should be ...