Weight-Loss Drug Danger
WSHM-TV, 4th May
At least one person diet after using a popular weight-loss drug – Hydroxycut. The drug has been removed from the pharmacies after the FDA received 23 reports of health problems including a death of a 19 year old man.
The drug was sold without prescription and was relatively inexpensive so many people, who wanted to lose weight, tried it. About 1 million doses of the drug were sold in the USA which means 1 in 300 people are still taking it.
The main component of Hydroxycut is hydroxy citric acid which is said to suppress the appetite. The component comes from Indonesia and it was used there just for that.
“That’s the danger with these kinds of supplements, they don’t undergo the rigorous study that prescription drugs do prior to their release to the market. So a lot of times we don’t know what the side affects are until people report problems,” said John Romanelli, director of Weight Loss Surgery.
Everyone who has taken Hydroxycut is advised to contact their doctor immediately and have their liver checked.
