Weight Loss Pill Meridia Receives FDA Warning Saying Users have Increased Risk of Heart Attack
Recently, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added new warnings to the weight loss pill Meridia. On the same day, the European Medicines Agency (the European equivalent of the FDA) advised doctors and pharmacists to stop using the drug as the “risks…are greater than their benefits”. The FDA’s new warnings indicate the increased risk of heart attacks and strokes in patients who have a history of heart problems, such as heart failure, hypertension and irregular heartbeats. Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group, criticized the FDA for not being tougher with warnings for the drug. Last year, the group petitioned the FDA to take Meridia off the market due to new data regarding risks of heart problems resulting in death. The group has estimated that Meridia was prescribed to a quarter million patients last year.
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