Diet Pills

If you trying to lose weight with a diet pill you need to make sure you know where you get it from. One source could be selling you a dangerous fake.

It’s a fake form of the popular diet pill Alli. Unfortunately, these fake pills have ingredients in them that you don’t want to take.

Alli is an over the counter diet pill you can buy at most drug stores. The active ingredient in this pill is called Orlistat, which has been FDA approved as a weight loss pill that can be sold without a prescription. The medication is also sold over the internet, sometimes for a lower cost.

But this week the food and drug administration has issued a warning that some of the Alli pills sold on the internet can be bad for you health. That’s because pills they are warning about contain high levels of sibutramine. That’s the active ingredient in the prescription diet pill Meridia. But the fake Alli pills contain two times the maximum dose of the prescription Meridia pills. At this level, the pill could cause palpitations, anxiety and elevated blood pressure and sleeplessness, even in healthy adults.

The bottom line here is to make sure you know the source of any medications you put in your body. It’s always good to save a buck or two, but not at the risk of your own health.

For more information about the FDA warning, go to KRDO.com and click on the health tab.