Diet Pill category
Sibutramine Warning
Posted: Friday, 2 September, 2011 | Categories: reductil, diet pills, slimming pills
The Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warn that certain herbal slimming pills might contain sibutramine.
Sibutramine is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke hence Reductil was removed from the market.
The regulatory body have warned those who have purchased herbal slimming aids and diet pills to consult their pharmacists before continuing to take these treatments.
The Lancet Publishes on Qnexa's Latest News
Posted: Wednesday, 13 April, 2011 | Categories: reductil, diet pills, slimming pills, diet pills slimming pills
Vivus Inc’s CONQUER study revealed participants achieved 20 pounds weight loss on average during one year of taking a high dose of Qnexa, a substantial amount of weight loss when compared to other weight loss drug competitors at trial stage. This is the only appetite suppressant still in the running for approval this year and the success of the pharmaceutical company looks hopeful. The Lancet published safety and efficacy reports of the 56 week study which assessed patients suffering from high blood pressure, high cholesterol or type-2 diabetes across 93 states in the United States. Qnexa might yet prove to be the future in slimming pills yet.
Qnexa was successful in lowering blood pressure and cholesterol versus the placebo and will be evaluating its impact on type-2 diabetes and sleep apnea shortly. Approximately 2,500 obese men and women participated in the trial and where one group were to diet, exercise and receive counselling while taking Qnexa (a high dose or a low dose), the control group had to diet, exercise and receive counselling alone. After the 56 weeks, those taking the lower dose of Qnexa lost a significant 18 pounds. Those not taking Qnexa only lost 3 pounds. The group taking the weight loss drug also experienced a lowering of blood pressure, triglycerides, cholesterol levels and blood sugar levels.
Qnexa is a combination of phentermine, which is a weight loss drug in the US, and topiramate, which is traditionally used to treat migraine and epilepsy. Side effects included anxiety and depression and double the number of people dropped out of the study taking the high dose of the drug over those who received the counselling on its own.
Another problem the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) had with Qnexa last year related to its association with birth defects but none of the 34 women who became pregnant while participating in the study had babies born with defects. The application to the FDA will be submitted once again at the end of this year despite the positive news; it is still not clear from recent trials whether this weight loss drug could be suitable for long term use.
In the meantime, it is imperative to make sure that the diet pills or slimming pills one is taking are regulated by a reliable source.
Scottish Slimming Pill Bill
Posted: Thursday, 7 April, 2011 | Categories: reductil, diet pills, slimming pills, diet pills slimming pills, Diet Pill, slimming pill
Slimming pills are being slated by the Scots since reports revealed that there has been a 20% increase in the amount spent on such weight loss treatments over this last year. Now that the public will be receiving free prescriptions, it is suggested that the figures look set to rise again with estimates reading a whopping five million pounds of tax payer’s cash each year.
What doctors and patients must remember is that slimming pills and diet pills do not work without the patient maintaining a healthy diet and taking regular exercise. If this is enforced and regulated, perhaps the money spent on such treatment may actually serve to curb the problem of obesity in the UK.
With a quarter of the population of Scots obese, and with the consequent rates of obesity related illnesses on the rise, the only options are to be more vigilant and monitor the progress of those being treated.
New Slimming Pill in the Pipeline
Posted: Wednesday, 7 October, 2009 | Categories: reductil, diet pills, slimming pills, diet pills slimming pills, Diet Pill, slimming pill, diet pill, slimming pill, Qnexa
Pharmaceutical experts and doctors are getting excited about promising new results released by the pharmaceutical firm Vivus into clinical trials of their new diet pill Qnexa.
The trials have indicated that the pill could be more effective than any pill currently on the market, with patients taking the high dose losing almost 15% of their body weight and those on the lower dose losing 8% of their body weight. The users of the diet pill also saw their blood pressure drop, the health of their heart improve and their chances of developing type 2 diabetes fall.
The pill combines two medications that have already been separately trialled. The first, phentermine, was a popular weight loss drug until 10 years ago when it fell out of favour with doctors due to safety concerns. The other is an epilepsy medication called Topiramate which has been shown to promote weight loss.
3,750 obese people took part in the trials and over the 53-week trial period the average amount lost was 14.7% of each patient’s body fat. The results have been described by the lead scientist on the trial, Dr Louis Aronne of the New York Presbytarian Hospital, as “spectacular.”
He went on to say that the results were as good as those experienced by patients who have had gastric bands fitted . He then added that those battling the obesity crisis were “in desperate need of more options and effective drugs to treat obesity and the results of this trial were extremely encouraging.”
Kathy Griffiths Confesses to Using Diet Pills and Speed
Posted: Friday, 4 September, 2009 | Categories: reductil, diet pills, slimming pills, diet pills slimming pills, Diet Pill, slimming pill, diet pill, slimming pill, Qnexa, Diet Pills, Weight Loss
The comedian Kathy Griffiths has revealed that she struggled for years with body image issues and was so desperate to lose weight she went on crash diets and used diet pills.
She said that after years of being told by Hollywood that she didn’t look right, she became obsessed with her weight. As well as exercising excessively, taking back to back aerobics classes, she said she would starve herself during the day and binge at night. She also said that as well as trying slimming pills, she even spent two weeks taking speed, known to be a dangerous and drastic way to lose weight.
She said if the period that it was “full on, illegal speed” and added that she “took it to lose weight, which is not very smart.” However, when she stopped she said she just “felt three times as hungry afterwards.”
Griffiths said that even after she got her big break in the acting industry, landing a major role in the Brooke Shields sitcom Suddenly Susan she still felt that she wasn’t slim enough. American celebrity gossip magazine People reported how the actress lost 15lbs very fast during the first season but still felt that she was overweight. She described how realising that the clothes didn’t come in anything larger than a size 4 (UK size 6) really got to her.
She then had liposuction, but nearly died after there were complications with the operation. She is now at her thinnest weight, but confessed that staying thin was a struggle, forcing her to watch what she eats and work out a lot.
Ironically enough, after trying some dangerous and extreme ways to lose weight, Griffiths said that getting her perfect bikini body fairly late in life was due to the age-old weight loss methods of dieting and exercise.