Here is another warning about diet pills from the FDA, just after the warning about Meridia. The FDA says fake versions of Alli are being sold, mainly online.
Three new prescription diet drugs are in the final stages of development. The Food and Drug Administration has yet to review the drugs before deciding whether to approve them, so it will be at least one year before they hit the market, if they get the green light from the FDA.
The possibility of psychiatric side effects may be to blame for the demise of two diet drugs. French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis said it’s stopping all research on Accomplia – a diet drug sold in Europe. Just a few hours later, Pfizer Inc. announced it’s ending research on an experimental weight-loss drug in the same class.
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