FDA Research On Diet Pill

If you are into dietary supplements or even if you just watch the news you have probably seen the recall of Hydroxycut weight-loss supplements after the Food and Drug Administration urged consumers to immediately stop using the recalled products, which are made by Iovate Health Sciences Inc and marketed for weight loss, boosting energy and other uses.

I checked the supplement sites I go to all the time, like supplementstogo and found that they didn’t carry some of them anyway, but the ones they did have had already removed on the same day the FDA sent out their bulletin, so I am impressed with their responsiveness.

We may not be able to use the Iovate Health Sciences Hydroxycut for awhile but there are plenty of other outstanding products out there for achieving weight loss goals.

I also went to the FDA site and looked at the information they had listed. If you want to check it out I have added a link here. The recalled products included Hydroxycut Regular Rapid Release Caplets, Hydroxycut Carb Control and Hydroxycut Max Drink Packets.

"The FDA urges consumers to discontinue use of Hydroxycut products in order to avoid any undue risk. Adverse events are rare, but exist," said Dr. Linda Katz, interim chief medical officer in the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

The company agreed to voluntarily pull the 14 products even though the FDA has not seen reports of serious harm with all of them, Katz said. Agency officials are investigating which doses and ingredients may be harmful, she said.
Two products with different ingredients, Hydroxycut Cleanse and Hoodia, were not included in the recall.

Finally the FDA advises that if you had taken the recalled products see your doctor if you had symptoms of liver injury like nausea, vomiting, light-colored stools, excessive fatigue, weakness, stomach pain, itching or an unusual loss of appetite.