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Article: `Do not buy unregistered slimming pills'
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- May 30, 2002
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Annie Freeda Cruez
New Straits Times
05-30-2002
`Do not buy unregistered slimming pills'
Byline: Annie Freeda Cruez
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: National
KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. - Do not buy slimming pills which are not registered and endorsed by the Drug Control Authority (DCA) of Malaysia.
That's the advice of Health Ministry Parliamentary Secretary S. Sothinathan to Malaysians, especially women, who resort to slimming pills to reduce their weight.
"These drugs may have serious side effects which could damage organs and cause severe diarrhoea, palpitation, dry mouth, insomnia, restlessness and anxiety," he said.
Harsh laxatives can also disrupt normal peristalsis (the movement of ...