The FDA is warning consumers not to use, or purchase, Elimulating Weight & Toxin Keeping Beauty, a product promoted for weight loss.
Laboratory analysis confirmed that Elimulating Weight & Toxin Keeping Beauty contains sibutramine. Sibutramine is a controlled substance that was removed from the market in October 2010 for safety reasons.
It was identified by FDA during an examination of international mail shipments.
The product poses a threat to consumers because sibutramine is known to substantially increase blood pressure and/or pulse rate in some patients and may present a significant risk for patients with a history of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, or stroke. This product may also interact, in life-threatening ways, with other medications a consumer may be taking.
