'Natural' diet pills tainted with banned prescription drug

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"Twenty brands of dietary supplements touted as so-called natural weight loss aids have been found to contain a prescription drug pulled from the market for safety concerns, the Food and Drug Administration warned today. Products marketed under names like “A-Slim 100% Natural Slimming Capsules,” “P57 Hoodia,” “PhentaBurn Slimming Capsules,” and “Dream Body Slimming Capsules,” were found to contain sibutramine. That's actually the medication more commonly known under the brand name Meridia -- a prescription weight-loss drug that was removed from the U.S. market last October because it was linked to heart attacks and stroke." http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/19/8402061-natural-diet-pills-tainted-with-banned-prescription-drug This article is telling consumers to quit using these products and to get rid of them! I've always wondered how safe those so-called weight loss products actually were. Since I take several prescriptions I never tried any. There are probably millions of people depending upon a "natural" product to help them out and now we are finding out it is actually dangerous. It just shows we can't always trust the ones who make our products to keep us safe...they are in it for the money!