Doubtful Weight Loss Products – Beware!

Mentioned below is a list of doubtful or illegal weight loss products, which, as per FDA’s advice, the consumers should not buy or use.

These products contain any of the following undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredients:

* fenproporex -- a controlled substance not approved for marketing in the U.S.
* fluoxetine -- an antidepressant available by prescription only
* bumetanide -- a potent diuretic available by prescription only
* furosemide -- a potent diuretic available by prescription only
* rimonabant -- a drug not approved for marketing in the U.S.
* cetilistat -- an experimental obesity drug not approved for marketing
in the U.S.
* phenytoin -- an antiseizure medication available by prescription only
* phenolphthalein -- a solution used in chemical experiments and a
suspected cancer-causing agent that is not approved for marketing in the U.S.

The health risks posed by these products include high blood pressure, seizures, tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), palpitations, heart attack, and stroke.

Here is the FDA's full list of all 72 tainted weight loss products:

1. 2 Day Diet
2. 2 Day Diet Slim Advance
3. 2x Powerful Slimming
4. 3 Day Diet
5. 3 Days Fit
6. 3x Slimming Power
7. 5x Imelda Perfect Slimming
8. 7 Day Herbal Slim
9. 7 Days Diet
10. 7 Diet
11. 7 Diet Day/Night Formula
12. 8 Factor Diet
13. Eight Factor Diet
14. 21 Double Slim
15. 24 Hours Diet
16. 999 Fitness Essence
17. BioEmagrecim
18. Body Creator
19. Body Shaping
20. Body Slimming
21. Cosmo Slim
22. Extrim Plus
23. Extrim Plus 24 Hour Reburn
24. Fasting Diet
25. Fatloss Slimming
26. GMP
27. Herbal Xenicol
28. Imelda Fat Reducer
29. Imelda Perfect Slim
30. JM Fat Reducer
31. Lida DaiDaihua
32. Meili
33. Meizitang
34. Miaozi MeiMiaoQianZiJiaoNang
35. Miaozi Slim Capsules
36. Natural Model
37. Perfect Slim
38. Perfect Slim 5x
39. Perfect Slim Up
40. Phyto Shape
41. Powerful Slim
42. ProSlim Plus
43. Reduce Weight
44. Royal Slimming Formula
45. Sana Plus
46. Slim 3 in 1
47. Slim 3 in 1 Extra Slim Formula
48. Slim 3 in 1 Extra Slim Waist Formula
49. Slim 3 in 1 M18 Royal Diet
50. Slim 3 in 1 Slim Formula
51. Slim Burn
52. Slim Express 4 in 1
53. Slim Express 360
54. Slim Fast (This product is not related to the Slim-Fast line of
meal replacement and related products.)
55. Slim Tech
56. Slim Up
57. Slim Waist Formula
58. Slim Waistline
59. Slimbionic
60. Sliminate
61. Slimming Formula
62. Somotrim
63. Starcaps
64. Super Fat Burner
65. Superslim
66. Super Slimming
67. Trim 2 Plus
68. Triple Slim
69. Venom Hyperdrive 3.0
70. Waist Strength Formula
71. Xsvelten
72. Zhen de Shou


Source: FDA, US Dept of Health & Human Services, News Release