After various reports came though that the FDA was monitoring the possible side effects of the slimming pill Xenical carefully, they have now announced that they are launching an official review into the medication.

They are particularly concerned that orlistat, the medical name for the slimming pills Xenical and alli, may be linked to liver damage. Since Xenical went on sale in 1999 in America, the Federal Food and Drugs Administration say that they have received 32 reports of serious liver complains, all but two of which occurred outside of the U.S.

They added that 27 patients were admitted to hospital while 6 cases resulted in liver failure.

However the FDA have made it clear that the case is still only in the investigative stage and hace asked patients taking the medication to continue using it as directed. They said that the analysis of the data concerning the drug is ongoing and that no definite association between orlistat and liver damage had been established.
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Acomplia (Rimonabant) is the latest drug manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis, a French pharmaceutical firm. It was approved for sale in the United Kingdom and European Union market last June. It is prescribed by doctors as a weight-loss pill and a cure for obesity. Acomplia works by suppressing the appetite in patients, thereby lowering calorie intake and inducing weight-loss. Together with appetite suppression, it also produces a smoking cessation effect. Acomplia works by interfering with certain receptors in the brain in order to produce these effects in body. As of now, it has not yet received FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval for sale in the United States.

Since it was newly introduced, the success of Acomplia still remains to be seen. But the real problem it faces is its limited availability. At present, there are only a few pharmacies who supply the drugs since the FDA still has not yet approved its use as a weight-loss pill. Until the moment the FDA issues an approval for Acomplia, pharmacies all around the US would have a difficult time marketing it to customers and assuring them of its effectivity.
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Healthy weight loss often concerns: Tired of doing infinite diets to lose weight without any type of results in the long-term? Noticed that your favorite dress has been increasing your size dangerously?
Other frequent sentence: I need to lose weight so I’ll begin a diet.

Do you know all the consequences of the diet you’ve chosen?
If you’ve answered a Yes to some of these questions you need help with your safe weight loss but do it in a healthy manner!
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