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NZ warning over AI diet tips & risky weight-loss pills
21 Jan 2026 03:09 GMT
… pills circulating in New Zealand that contain prescription medicines … or controlled substances. The regulator has identified products that included sibutramine … undeclared prescription drugs or excessive … general prompts. Doctors said the risks …
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Most patients regain lost weight within two years of stopping obesity drugs
13 Jan 2026 14:27 GMT
… weight loss medications fade fast after treatment ends, raising … were predominantly randomized controlled trials, with some non- … , including older drugs like orlistat and sibutramine, as well … present meta-analysis results (pharmaceutical) with data from …
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Wegovy pill is not America’s silver bullet
24 Dec 2025 18:23 GMT
… Drugs Association (FDA) has this week approved a Wegovy weight-loss pill … drug.
Later weight loss drugs were marketed as safer refinements. Sibutramine … most obvious dangers are medical. Nausea, vomiting, … its predecessors. But pharmaceutical solutions to social …
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GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Lower Cataract and Dry AMD Risk: Study
15 Dec 2025 16:34 GMT
… macular degeneration (AMD). Importantly, these medications were not linked to progression … , versus other weight-loss drugs such as lorcaserin, sibutramine, setmelanotide, fenfluramine, mazindol … compared with other weight-loss drugs:
5 years: RR 0.16 …
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Q&A: How to ‘improve’ an FDA label with evidence, advocacy
04 Dec 2025 03:45 GMT
… Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, said during a … systemic fibrosis. The obesity drug sibutramine was voluntarily withdrawn from … treatment for type 2 diabetes. In 2016, the FDA … 47;recruiting trials, guidelines
Clinical Guidance, Healio CME, FDA news
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Dodgy diet pills appear on Latvian online sales platform
02 Dec 2025 22:00 GMT
… , but that it contains sibutramine, a dangerous substance that … drugs to treat obesity, but in 2010, the European Medicines … repeatedly found the banned substance sibutramine in them. Latvian health … to be non-compliant. Sibutramine is not included in these …
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Thai Health Minister oversees 60th mass drug destruction under ‘Never Stop to Burn’ campaign
21 Nov 2025 03:58 GMT
… tablets, crystal methamphetamine, ketamine, and sibutramine, along with heroin, chloral hydrate … Ministry also reported progress in drug treatment and rehabilitation efforts in Fiscal … as the lead agency for drug treatment and rehabilitation. Working in …
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The dangerous weight loss pill going viral on TikTok
18 Nov 2025 18:27 GMT
… through quick fixes – pills and injections that promise … , the European Medicines Agency stopped allowing sibutramine to be prescribed … trial were published. This study showed that the drug … is taken alongside certain antidepressants – such as monoamine …
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Molecule: what’s in this dangerous, illegal slimming pill?
18 Nov 2025 14:13 GMT
… turning to a drug called Molecule, with … pills contain sibutramine, a substance with a chequered regulatory history.
Sibutramine
Sibutramine … the European Medicines Agency stopped allowing sibutramine to be … is taken alongside certain antidepressants – such as …
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Fake Ozempic, Zepbound: Booming in high-income countries despite the serious health risks; how to spot fake drugs online and at pharmacies
18 Nov 2025 11:29 GMT
… growing threat of illegal medicines being advertised and sold … highly regulated pharmaceutical used for the clinical treatment of … always consult a doctor. And avoid fake drugs.
In Russia … revealed that Molecule contains sibutramine, an appetite suppressant …