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"At this point we can say that any diet pill that actually affects appetite (i.e., those affecting sympathetic function) should be considered risky. Dr. Connolly and colleagues also found other life-threatening side effects with diet pills, notably the dangerous effects of "fen-phen" (fenfluramine-phentermine) on the heart. Although the combination of these pills was never approved by the FDA, by 1996 more than 18 million prescriptions a year were being written for this combination of pills as a weight-loss treatment. Dr." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"So how did Wyeth manage to turn fen-phen into a blockbuster diet pill, which some seven million people had taken by the time the drug was pulled from the market, in 1997? The company's fifty-four-million-dollar marketing campaign included generous grants to professional medical societies like the American Diabetes Association and the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, who went on to endorse fen-phen. The company sponsored all-expenses-paid seminars for community physicians, where they could hear about the drug from Wyeth's paid thought leaders." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Between 1975 and 2005 at least twenty prescription drugs, including big sellers like Rezulin, for diabetes, and the diet pill Redux, were removed from the market. In 2002 a group of researchers studied the deaths and serious injuries caused by the newest medicines. They found that of the hundreds of drugs approved between 1975 and 1999, more than 10 percent were either taken off the market or given the government's most serious warning, one that is outlined in a boldfaced black box on the label and meant to send an alarm to doctors that the product can kill." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "The deadly diet pill combination known as fen-phen was an unapproved use of the combination of two drugs. For years doctors have commonly prescribed potent drugs for schizophrenia to patients with Alzheimer's disease, even though the FDA has never approved such use. Studies have shown these antipsychotic drugs, including Zyprexa and Risperdal, do not help patients with Alzheimer's. Instead, the drugs appear to increase their risk of death." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "In the 1990s, Wyeth-Ayerst paid tens of thousands of dollars to Excerpta Medica to ghostwrite articles promoting the use of Redux, a diet pill. The drug was part of the weight loss combination known as fen-phen. According to a copy of an invoice dated in 1996, Excerpta Medica billed Wyeth more than twenty thousand dollars to write one article describing the "therapeutic effects" of Redux, also known as dexfenfluramine. Dr. Richard Atkinson, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, was to receive fifteen hundred dollars of that amount to serve as "author." When the article was complete, Dr." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"The study wasn't proof that the diet pill caused the condition, but Redux had just been approved, and news that it might cause pulmonary hypertension could have been bad for sales. Prominent obesity researchers JoAnn Manson, of Harvard, and Gerald Faich, from the University of Pennsylvania, argued in an editorial that the benefits of weight loss for the obese justified any potential risks from the drug. The editorial failed to mention to readers that the writers had financial ties to fen-phen's manufacturers." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Remember though that calcium is no magic diet pill. It only helps you lose weight if you're already on a reduced-calorie diet. So add calcium-rich dairy to your meals only if you cut calories somewhere else. According to the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, here are some calcium choices that, as you can see, vary greatly in their fat content." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"Despite this uninspired track record, many people can hardly wait for the FDA to approve a new diet pill. The claims being made about rimonabant (Acomplia) are extraordinary. It is easy to understand why some people might be eager to try it, even if others are skeptical. The manufacturer, Sanofi-Aventis, is being especially careful to downplay the cosmetic weight-reducing potential of Acomplia. Instead, they are highlighting other benefits, such as the improvement of lipid profiles. In three large clinical trials, Acomplia resulted in promising metabolic improvements." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"National Enquirer described it as a "miracle diet pill". On yet another cover of Newsweek, it was announced, "Beyond Prozac: How Science Will Let You Change Your Personality with a Pill." It does sound a lot like another "wonder drug" - LSD, which Eli Lilly also blessed us with, and aggressively promoted back in 1956! They only pull these dangerous drugs when they are forced to, regardless of their dangers. SSRI antidepressants are now prescribed for many conditions other than the original FDA-approved diagnosis of depression. An M.D." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"National Enquirer described it as a miracle diet pill. Another cover of Newsweek announced, "Beyond Prozac: How Science Will Let You Change Your Personality with a P/7/" - seemingly, the voice of the scientific establishment (p. 13). While the pharmaceutical companies have marketed these drugs as "selective" for serotonin, these serotonergic drugs are anything but selective in regards to their widespread effects. In fact, there is no known depression center in the brain, but instead, serotonin has a vast influence throughout the body." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"And if all else fails, a diet pill may help. The medication we are most intrigued by is rimonobant (Acomplia). See page 411 for more details on this approach. The Salt Wars: Man Bites Dog People have been fighting over salt for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. In ancient times, it was a valuable commodity. Roman soldiers were even paid partly in salt (hence the word salary, derived from the Latin salarium, meaning payment in salt). But for the last 50 years doctors have been warning Americans to cut back on salt. The modern-day salt wars are fought in the pages of medical journals." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.) "But even if you take a diet pill, you can't lose weight without paying attention to what you eat. Dietitians are fond of pointing out that losing weight is a simple matter of using up fewer calories than you take in. "Simple" it may be, but it isn't easy, as too many of us know! For best results, of course, you need to work on both sides of the equation. Pick a Plan Which diet is best for weight loss? That is a difficult question to answer. Most of the popular diets have not been subjected to rigorous study." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"So how did Wyeth manage to turn fen-phen into a blockbuster diet pill, which some seven million people had taken by the time the drug was pulled from the market, in 1997? The company's fifty-four-million-dollar marketing campaign included generous grants to professional medical societies like the American Diabetes Association and the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, who went on to endorse fen-phen. The company sponsored all-expenses-paid seminars for community physicians, where they could hear about the drug from Wyeth's paid thought leaders." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) "The study wasn't proof that the diet pill caused the condition, but Redux had just been approved, and news that it might cause pulmonary hypertension could have been bad for sales. Prominent obesity researchers JoAnn Manson, of Harvard, and Gerald Faich, from the University of Pennsylvania, argued in an editorial that the benefits of weight loss for the obese justified any potential risks from the drug. The editorial failed to mention to readers that the writers had financial ties to fen-phen's manufacturers." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"A low-carb diet contains built-in appetite controls—it's like having your own little diet pill built into the meals. Here's how it works. One of the major hormones involved in telling the brain that you are full is cholecystokinin (CCK), which is secreted in the intestines in response to a meal. (You may have also heard, correctly, that it takes about twenty minutes for this hormone to reach your brain and tell you you've had enough—another reason to listen to your grandmother and eat slowly if you want to lose weight!" - Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S., Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"That's because there are still a number of extremely dangerous diet pill products on the market, and worse yet, most of them are available without a doctor's prescription! That's right. You can walk into drug store or health food store and get a bottle of deadly diet pills, and you may never find out how harmful they truly are. Some people will get lucky and have no ill effects, but others will die before they found out what killed them. Some of the major diet drug killers on the market today are those that contain an herbal substance called ephedra." - American Medical Publishing, Prescription Medicines, Side Effects and Natural Alternatives (Get the book.)

"Weintraub, whose article sparked the diet pill revolution, joined the FDA in Washington, from where he offered advice to budding fen-phen entrepreneurs. The positive publicity seemed to be never-ending. Three years later, in February 1995, the ABC News program 20/20 opened a show this way: "Well, now a medical breakthrough that is changing the lives and the images of thousands of Americans. They are people with a serious problem—they are obese—and that description now applies to more of us than ever before." - Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business (Get the book.)

"Researchers at Vanderbilt University proved that diet pill use before pregnancy or during pregnancy significantly increased the risk of leukemia in their children.286 The risk was even greater if both parents took such stimulants. The leukemia risk also included the use of antihistamines and allergy medication during pregnancy. This finding is not surprising either, as we pointed out the importance of brain histamine in maintaining natural balance in the nervous system in chapter 24." - Byron J. Richards, CCN, Mastering Leptin: The Leptin Diet, Solving Obesity and Preventing Disease, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"Another was a diet pill, and a third was a pain killer. Six of the drugs were never proved to offer any lifesaving benefits and the seventh, another antibiotic, was ultimately judged totally unnecessary because there were other antibiotics available that had been already proven to be safer than this deadly antibiotic. These drugs did not have to be approved, but they were pushed for approval so that the drug companies could market them and make billions of dollars." These seven drugs have now been found to be so deadly and have killed so many people that they had to be pulled off the market." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

"They included a heartburn drug (Propulsid), a diet pill (Redux), and a painkiller (Duract). The Times reported that the seven drugs had U.S. sales of $5 billion before they were withdrawn.22 After analysis, FDA officials have concluded that the accelerated drug approval process is unrelated to the drug withdrawals. They point out that the number of drugs on the market has risen dramatically, the number of applications has increased, and the population is using more medications.5 In their view, more withdrawals are not surprising. Dr." - Richard A. Deyo M.D. M.P.H., Donald L. Patrick, Hope or Hype: The Obsession with Medical Advances and the High Cost of False Promises (Get the book.)

"Simmons did not have any consumer complaints, and therefore, we suspect he had complaints from competitors in the synthetic drug business because this diet bread was selling well and posed a competitive threat to a new synthetic patent diet pill which was introduced to the market at the same time. But even worse, after the diet bread was seized, which amounted to 20,000 4-lb." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

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