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Dietary supplements containing sibutramine claim victims
There's a steady stream of reports of sibutramine [structural formula below] being added secretly to weight-loss supplements. The most recent comes from Germany. Pharmacologists at the GIZ-Nord in Goettingen discuss in the Deutsches Aerzteblatt International seventeen cases of sibutramine poisoning. Two users had to be admitted to the psychiatric ward of a hospital.
Sibutramine is a serotonin and norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitor. The substance increases the concentration of catecholamines in the body, which is a way of suppressing appetite. Sibutramine has similar effects to amphetamines.
A seventeen-year-old girl who was also taking medicines for ADHD, atomoxetine and Ritalin, developed serious problems. Another serious case was that of a man on anti-psychotics, who went into psychosis after using the herbal pills. Both people were admitted to hospital.
Although the Germans don't have the courage to call the supplement by its name, they do cite publications of colleagues who did name names. Other German researchers have found sibutramine in the past few years in Evolution Slim & Slender, and Polish researchers discovered 10 milligrams of sibutramine in the Chinese diet pills Meizitanc.
But the one that really takes the cookie is the manufacturer of the Chinese dietary supplement Jia Yi Jian. Tests done at the British Food Standards Agency's lab revealed that one capsule contained over seventy milligrams of sibutramine and fifty milligrams of tadalafil. [nutraingredients.com 08-Apr-2009]
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