Beware these diet pills

[Gutenberg]

Trying to take off the pounds you packed on between Thanksgiving and Christmas? Beware these diet supplements, saith the FDA:

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01933.html

[mattkime]

I can't believe that there would be negative consequences to diet pills

[lafinfil]

I bough some diet pills one time but they were so tasty I ate the whole bottle

: -/

[Seacrest]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...8166993925

[BigGuynRusty]

Who names products?
"Venom Hyperdrive 3.0"
Why didn't they name it "Ground Glass", or even better, "Death Crystals 3K Turbo"?

BGnR

[mrbigstuff]

???

[-jeffB]

From the article:

An FDA analysis found that the undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredients in some of these products include [...] phenolphthalein (a solution used in chemical experiments and a suspected cancer causing agent).

This is the kind of crap I expect from woo-woo websites, not the FDA.

Phenolphthalein is a laxative, and was commonly available OTC for that purpose for many, many years. That's why it's in "diet pills" -- take something that makes your colon spasm out its entire contents, and hey, golly, your weight drops! Only recently have studies indicated that it may be a carcinogen, and it's being pulled in response to those findings.

It is used in chemical experiments, as are water, air, and lots of other materials. Why are they calling it out in this way? Because they want to make it sound SCARY!

Bozos. How about doing something about acetaminophen, which can kill your liver, but only if you mix it with booze, which happens to be exactly what "safe" medications like Nyquil do?

[samintx]

I'd be turned of by the names of the pills...Venom? ugg....I'll stick to my cabbage diet.

[Racer X]

mrbigstuff wrote:
???

You needed to find the one of the bag of broken glass.