FDA Issues Warning About Contaminated Weight Loss Pills
The FDA has issued warnings to people about weight loss of 25 pills that should not purchase because they contain certain ingredients that could be harmful to anyone who consumes them.
The analysis of these pills for weight loss, the FDA determined that contained active pharmaceutical ingredients such as sibutramine, rimonabant, pheytoin, and phenolphthalein. Some of the ingredients are controlled drugs, anti-seizure drugs and carcinogens. While others are not approved for sale in the U.S.. The levels of ingredients that go far beyond the levels recommended by the FDA and could put people at risk if they consume these fake pills weight loss.
In addition, the FDA determined that these pills for weight loss are marketed as dietary supplements and can be purchased either on websites or in retail stores. Some pills are meant to be a natural herbal and when, in fact, contain ingredients that are harmful and these are the ingredients that were not on the product label. (more…)