Also Contributed to by: Emilie L. Reporter [AEchik13]
Their ads claim they can help you "feel more fit," "boost your energy" and "melt away the pounds." Who needs diet and exercise when a little pill can erase the weight quickly and easily? With more than 60 percent of Americans now considered overweight or obese, diet drugs have turned into a multi billion-dollar industry in the United States. In the 50 and 60's many diet pills, which were prescribed by physicians, contained mostly speed. Today, we have come a long way, but diet pills, many of which are now over the counter, continue to pose a dangerous risk to consumers.
The availability and popularity of diet pills today gives the false impression that they pose less of a threat than they do. It can have an effect on your blood pressure, metabolism, and general health. Note pills are not an easy or fast way to lose weight. Sometimes they can create drug dependencies and interfere with other medications that you may be taking. Pills are short-term ways to lose weight rather than a permanent solution. Also please take this into consideration pills are only effective with a proper diet and exercise plan.
Maybe one of the most important factors of diet pills is the fact that they are not required by law to be tested by the FDA before being released to the public. These pills can be bought at any pharmacy with or without a prescription. It's up to the buyer to make sure that he or she uses the pills as they are intended. The only way the FDA even gets involved is if the product proves to be dangerous once out on the market. For example, the FDA banned all products containing ephedrine ("ephedra") after they were thought to be at least partially responsible for the death of prominent athlete Stephen Bechler, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. The death of Bechler is one in many, another reason why consumers need to be aware of what they are doing to their bodies.
Their ads claim they can help you "feel more fit," "boost your energy" and "melt away the pounds." Who needs diet and exercise when a little pill can erase the weight quickly and easily? With more than 60 percent of Americans now considered overweight or obese, diet drugs have turned into a multi billion-dollar industry in the United States. In the 50 and 60's many diet pills, which were prescribed by physicians, contained mostly speed. Today, we have come a long way, but diet pills, many of which are now over the counter, continue to pose a dangerous risk to consumers. The availability and popularity of diet pills today gives the false impression that they pose less of a threat than they do. It can have an effect on your blood pressure, metabolism, and general health. Note pills are not an easy or fast way to lose weight. Sometimes they can create drug dependencies and interfere with other medications that you may be taking. Pills are short-term ways to lose weight rather than a permanent solution. Also please take this into consideration pills are only effective with a proper diet and exercise plan.
Maybe one of the most important factors of diet pills is the fact that they are not required by law to be tested by the FDA before being released to the public. These pills can be bought at any pharmacy with or without a prescription. It's up to the buyer to make sure that he or she uses the pills as they are intended. The only way the FDA even gets involved is if the product proves to be dangerous once out on the market. For example, the FDA banned all products containing ephedrine ("ephedra") after they were thought to be at least partially responsible for the death of prominent athlete Stephen Bechler, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. The death of Bechler is one in many, another reason why consumers need to be aware of what they are doing to their bodies.
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