FDA Alert: Multiple “tainted’ weight-loss products

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers to stop using multiple weight-loss products that contain the undeclared drug ingredient sibutramine, which was removed from the market in 2010 for safety reasons and may present significant risks for those with coronary artery disease and other heart issues. The following 18 products have received FDA Public Notifications advising consumers not to purchase or use any of them:

• Lose Weight Coffee
• Dream Body Slimming Capsule
• Pai You Guo Slim Tea
• Botanical Slimming
• Fruit Plant Lossing Fat Capsule
• Sheng Yuan Fang
• Acai Berry Soft Gel ABC
• Tengda
• PhentraBurn Slimming Capsules
• Magic Slim Tea
• Magic Slim Weight Reduction Capsule
• P57 Hoodia
• Leisure 18 Slimming Coffee
• Lishou
• A-Slim 100% Natural Slimming Capsule
• Advanced Slim 5
• Ja Dera 100% Natural Weight Loss Supplement
• Slender Slim 11

For more information, see the FDA Tainted Weight Loss Products page, and click on a product name under “Public Notifications.”