Study: Diet Drug Meridia May Boost Heart Risks
Sibutramine, which alters brain chemicals to suppress appetite, carries risks for users with a history of cardiovascular disease. One doctor says it should be pulled off shelves.The prescription diet drug sibutramine, sold under the brand name Meridia, should be taken off the market because it raises the risk of heart attacks and strokes in some patients, the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine said Wednesday. Those risks, published in January on a government clinical-trials website and now in full in the journal, outweigh the modest benefits of the medication, said Dr. Gregory D. Curfman, the journal's executive editor and lead author of an editorial that accompanied the study.
Study: Diet Drug Meridia May Boost Heart Risks
A new study finds that some users of the weight-loss pill Meridia may have an increased risk of heart attack or stroke
Wed 1 Sep 10 from TIME
Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia
(AP) -- Editors of a top medical journal are questioning whether the diet pill Meridia should stay on the market even if it's restricted to people without heart disease.
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia, Wed 1 Sep 10 from AP
Abbott diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates ...
Thu 2 Sep 10 from Reuters
Abbott's diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban, Thu 2 Sep 10 from Reuters
Abbott's diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban, Wed 1 Sep 10 from Reuters
Medical Journal Says Diet Pill Meridia Is 'Flawed'
Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people ...
Thu 2 Sep 10 from FOXNews
Prescription diet drug raises risk of heart attack, stroke
Sibutramine, which alters brain chemicals to suppress appetite, carries risks for users with a history of cardiovascular disease. One doctor says it should be pulled off shelves.The prescription ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from L.A. Times
Weight-loss drug boosts heart, stroke risks for some
Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from CNN
Weight Loss Pill Meridia Ups Heart Attack, Stroke
People who take Abbott's weight-loss pill Meridia have a higher risk of non-fatal heart attack and stroke, a study sponsored by the drug's maker finds.
Thu 2 Sep 10 from WebMD
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