Meridia (sibutramine hydrochloride monohydrate) is a prescription diet drug first marketed to the public in February 1998. Meridia works by altering brain chemistry to make the person using it feel full. One of the most heavily advertised drugs since its appearance on the market, it has been widely prescribed to induce and maintain weight loss. Since 1998 there have been appr...
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PRESCRIPTION DIET DRUG MERIDIA LINKED TO HEART COMPLICATIONS AND DEATHS

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October 21 2008 11:47:41.


Meridia: The New Anti- Obesity Drug

  Introduction In todays society the hegemonic belief surrounding weight is that thin is in and fat is out. With over half of the American population being overweight, the diet craze has swept the nation.  However, a bigger player has come into the weight loss scene, the pharmaceutical industry.  After the abrupt withdrawal of two anti- obesity drugs  f...
April 25 2008 14:46:07.


Meridia, pronounced mer-ID-dee-uh

Meridia, pronounced mer-ID-dee-uh, is a brand name of the drug Sibutramine hydrochloride, a dopamine/norephinephrine/serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Meridia helps the seriously overweight lose pounds and keep them off. It is especially recommended for those who in addition to being overweight have other health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholestero...
April 25 2008 14:46:07.


F.D.A. Approves Drug for Obesity, With Warnings About Risk - New York Times

But because of Meridia\'s side effects, the F.D.A. cautioned that no one with poorly controlled hypertension, heart disease or irregular heartbeat or who has survived a stroke should use the drug. And Meridia is only for the seriously obese, as measured by a body mass index -- the relationship of weight to height -- of 30 or greater. (Body mass index can be calculated by mult...
April 25 2008 14:46:07.


Drug Injury Watch: Abbott's Weight-loss Drug Meridia Gets a Confidence Vote by FDA

The FDA has decided that the benefits of Abbott Laboratories\' prescription weight-loss drug Meridia continue to outweigh the drug\'s risks for select obese patients. As such, on August 16, 2005 the FDA denied a petition that had filed by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen three years ago asking the FDA to take Meridia off the market in the U.S.Meridia has had a chec...
April 25 2008 14:46:07.


FDA Refuses to Ban Weight-Loss Drug Meridia

"For a drug such as Meridia to be approved or for it to stay on the market, there must be evidence that its benefits outweigh its risks. Evidence prior to its approval and more than 50 cardiovascular deaths, many in young people, since its approval confirm that its benefits do not outweigh its risks and that it should be removed from the market despite efforts by the FDA/Abbo...
April 25 2008 14:46:07.


Newly Approved Drug Therapies (345): MERIDIA, Knoll Pharmaceutical

MERIDIA works in a different manner than other prescription weight management medications. It is a neurotransmitter reuptake inhibitor that merely enhances the body\'s normal function. MERIDIA is not a releasing agent. It does not get inside the cells to boost the release of neurotransmitters, such as serotonin. Instead, as a reuptake inhibitor, MERIDIA works outside the cell...
April 25 2008 14:46:07.