Meridia Death and Side Effects

A Meridia Lawyer has provided information on Meridia to alert weight loss patients of the serious risks that Meridia death and injury are associated to. Recently, Public Citizen consumer group charged Meridia's manufacturer of illegally withholding Meridia data from regulators. The drug industry has been accused of capitalizing on dieting Americans despite the considerable risks that the diet drugs have posed. If you have experienced Meridia side effects and would like to learn about your legal rights contact a Meridia Lawyer to receive a free consultation.

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Meridia Side Effects Outweigh Benefits

The FDA's advisory committee voted against the approval of Meridia weight loss drug because they did not feel Meridia's benefits outweighed its risks. Meridia was still approved against the advisory committee's conclusions one year later. The FDA approved Meridia knowing that there were serious risks involved some leading to Meridia death, and that the weight loss drug was only minimally effective. Click here to contact a Meridia Lawyer!

Patients lost an average of 6.5 lbs on Meridia after one year's use, but during the second year, most of the people regained some of that weight. When Meridia was discontinued people tended to gain back any of the weight they had lost. Meridia manufacturer, Abbott Laboratories, claims having any weight loss while taking Meridia is saving lives because the risks of obesity are being reduced, however Sidney Wolfe of the Public Citizen consumer advocacy group thinks that there is not evidence present showing Meridia has prolonged any patient's life or reduced the risks of health complications associated to obesity. Wolfe finds that instead Meridia increases the risks for health complications.

Italy has agreed that Meridia risks outweigh its benefits and have banned Meridia. While no other country has followed Italy's lead, Meridia continues to raise safety concerns as well as ethical implications. The March 19, 2002 FDA issued petition for the immediate ban of Meridia followed by the May 21, 2002 letter calling criminal charges be brought against Abbott Laboratories by the Public Citizen group indicates the Meridia battle is just beginning.

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5/21/02 - Public Citizen urges criminal charges be brought against Meridia manufacturer
Abbott Laboratories.

Risks of Meridia heart problems outweigh the benefits according to the Public Citizen . . . read more »

Meridia Breaking News

BREAKING NEWS!! OCTOBER 2003
"Abbott’s Meridia continues to be plagued with deadly and dangerous side effects"
Meridia has continued to receive negative press regarding the serious and deadly side effects that have been reported. Public Citizen already renewed the call for federal regulators to ban Meridia in the beginning of September. According to the consumer advocacy group, since March 2002 when it initially petitioned the FDA to ban Meridia, it had found an additional 30 cardiovascular deaths in Meridia patients.

The Meridia side effects only added to the already cited 49 Meridia deaths and 124 Meridia hospitalizations due to serious heart and cardiovascular problems. All Meridia patients must be closely monitored for increased heart rate and blood pressure. If discontinuing Meridia use, any lost weight will be regained. read more »

Future of Diet Pills

Over one hundred billion dollars were spent last year on over-the-counter diet aids in 2001 and had a 95% failure rate . . . read more »

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FDA Petitioned to Ban Meridia Diet Pill

On March 19, 2002, the Public Citizen consumer group petitioned the FDA for the immediate ban of Meridia diet pill. This is Public Citizen's fifth petition it has filed with the FDA to ban a drug since 1996. The group's petition came after they called Meridia "unacceptably dangerous" and referred to the 29 Meridia deaths that have resulted since Meridia's launch in the beginning of 1998. Of the 29 deaths that Public Citizen cited from the FDA database, 19 of the deaths were caused by cardiovascular adverse Meridia side effects. FDA advisors voted against the approval of Meridia 5-4 because of the safety concerns associated to the diet pill, including elevated blood pressure and increased heart rate. Since 1997, almost 9 million people have used a sibutramine-based drug, the chemical name of Meridia.

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