Meridia Diet Pill

March 19, 2002

Public Citizen files a petition to the FDA urging them to immediately ban Meridia diet pill from the market because of its associated with 29 Meridia deaths and hundred of serious adverse reactions.
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May 21, 2002

Public Citizen writes a letter to Secretary Tommy Thompson of the Department of Health and Human Services strongly urging him to bring criminal charges against Abbott Laboratories for illegally withholding from the FDA important information concerning eight deaths and other adverse effects of Meridia diet pill.
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Public Citizen consumer advocacy group petitioned the FDA for the immediate removal of Meridia diet pill from the U.S. market in March 2002. Calling Meridia "unacceptably dangerous" the group cited from the FDA database 29 Meridia deaths and 397 adverse Meridia side effects associated to the diet pill.

Consumer Group Urges U.S. Officials to Bring Criminal Charges Against Meridia Manufacturer

When Meridia diet pill was FDA approved in 1997, the manufacturer pledged they would educate doctors and patients to use Meridia responsibly. Meridia was the first diet pill to follow the "breakthrough" diet pills Fen Phen and Redux that were banned after 6-7 million Americans took the dangerous drugs that caused life-threatening heart conditions like primary pulmonary hypertension. On May 21, 2002, Public Citizen consumer group urged U.S. officials to bring criminal charges against Meridia diet pill manufacturer Abbott Laboratories, alleging the pharmaceutical company withheld information from regulators regarding eights Meridia deaths in addition to other Meridia side effects.

Public Citizen's information was based off of a report from a recent FDA inspection of the pharmaceutical company's facilities that indicated Abbott did not report one death associated with Meridia diet pill and records regarding seven other Meridia deaths were inaccurate, unsupported, or incomplete, which is required by law. This information indicates that Abbott has been allowing Meridia patients to continue taking the diet pill while not allowing them complete access to the safety indications surrounding the drug. According to their 1997 "pledge" Abbott would not be consistent in their claims to educate Meridia doctors and patients by not allowing those very people to fully learn about their diet pill and its adverse effects.

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Actions Taken Against Meridia Diet Pill

After being introduced to the U.S. market in 1998, Meridia diet pill has been associated with 29 deaths and hundreds of serious adverse reactions . . . MORE

Diet Pill Developments

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" . . . MORE

    

Meridia Diet Pill Side Effects

The FDA medical officer that reviewed Meridia diet pill found that there were potential heart problems that were associated to the drug and did not want the diet pill to be approved . . . MORE
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Americans continue to fight weight problems that have cost Americans a hundred billion dollars last year in over-the-counter diet aids. 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.