Sibutramine

Side effects of Meridia, commonly known as sibutramine have resulted in the deaths of 29 people. The weight loss pill considered to be only “minimally effective” has caused a significant increase in blood pressure and heart rate in many people. To learn more about your rights regarding the dangers of sibutramine, CONTACT US.

Sibutramine side effects can include:

• PPH, or primary pulmonary hypertension
• Stroke
• Seizures
• Increase in blood pressure
• Heart disease
• Increase in heart rate
• Mental impairments
• Increased sweating
• Headaches
• Dry Mouth
• Anorexia
• Constipation
• Insomnia

Sibutramine

International Safety Reviews

Meridia, commonly known as sibutramine, has been making news in the U.S. after consumer advocacy group Public Citizen lobbied for the U.S. government to remove the drug from the market. The FDA’s response to the life threatening adverse effects came after other countries began their own safety investigations of sibutramine. Italy first suspended the sales of sibutramine after reports of health problems, including two deaths, were received. Italy’s suspension of sibutramine was the first move by any country since its 1997 approval. Italy’s Pharmaceutical Commission had decided that the beneficial effects of the weight loss pill sibutramine had to be re-evaluated.

In Britain there have been two deaths and more than 200 other adverse reactions to sibutramine, and in France drug regulators reported that they had received 99 reports of sibutramine side effects. The British Department of Health stated that the Medicines Control Agency and Committee on Safety of Medicines are “intensively monitoring the safety of sibutramine.” A Europe wide review by the European Medicines Evaluation Agency is also now examining sibutramine. Britain’s Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin that is published by the Consumers’ Association warned sibutramine had limited benefits and unwanted side effects last December.

Health Canada has also launched an investigation of Meridia, used by 9,000 Canadians. The Canadian government has received 28 reports of adverse sibutramine effects within the last year, including blood pressure increases, chest pain, stroke, and vision disturbances. Health Canada is reviewing the national and international safety information regarding sibutramine and will then determine the weight loss pill’s status.

Abbott Laboratories, Meridia’s manufacturer, has estimated that 8.6 million people have used sibutramine since 1997.

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