Meridia Diet Pills & New Developments

Despite the recent developments that Abbott finds itself in due to their controversial Meridia diet pill, researchers are continuing to race towards the newest development in pharmaceutical diet pills. There are an estimated 50-100 obesity medications in the early stages of development according to pharmaceutical insiders. With obesity on the rise with 54 million Americans considered obese, this growing sector in the U.S. may represent the largest market for pharmaceutical companies.

Even with the unfavorable press linking Meridia diet pill to cardiovascular problems, accounting for as many as 19 of the 29 Meridia deaths reported, companies are still moving ahead for the next "breakthrough". Meridia diet pill followed the once popular Fen Phen and Redux ban in 1997 that was linked to fatal conditions of primary pulmonary hypertension and heart valve problems. Meridia diet pill is one of the only few prescription drugs currently on the market, but with its future on the rocks one of the 50-100 diet pills being developed would like to take its place on the market.

Some people are beginning to become more reluctant to take diet pills after the Fen Phen and Redux recall, but it has still not had a noticeable effect with $1.8 billion spent in diet pills in 2000 even despite the 95% weight loss failure. Some experts also feel the future of diet pills will be more widely prescribed for patients who wish to lose just 10-20 pounds while other experts think Americans must fix the weight problem without the aid of diet pills. Dr. Sidney Wolfe of the Public Citizen consumer group remains skeptical of diet pills and will likely continue to monitor any future diet pills. Public Citizen petitioned Redux to be banned from the market and most recently petitioned that Meridia diet pill be banned as well.

Wolfe's take on diet pills are that "you have to believe in magic to think there is a simple solution like a diet drug or a crash diet book for this complicated problem called obesity." If you have taken Meridia diet pill and would like more information on your legal rights, contact us to speak with a Meridia lawyer.

Americans continue to fight weight problems that have cost Americans a hundred billion dollars last year in over-the-counter diet pills. Most remedies have ended in failure, allowing the search for the newest breakthrough in diet pills to continue. The first miracle diet pill Fen Phen was an initial success that ended up being a disaster with a high number of deaths and serious side effects, like Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. Meridia diet pill followed Fen Phen's enormous failure but is now under the spotlight after many critics claim it offers very little weight loss benefits in addition to the increased heart rates and blood pressure that have been associated to 28 U.S. Meridia deaths. These FDA approved diet pills shows that the future of weight loss does not rest safe even with a stamp from the FDA.