Feds issue heart attack warning for diet pills

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) along with GlaxoSmithKlien are issuing a warning that there is a fake batch of the diet pill Alli being sold on the internet. So far, the fake pills are being sold on auction sites and a few various independent sites.

This is very dangerous because the pills are not made up of the same substance as Alli. Instead, the fake pills have the base medicine of the other diet medicine Meridia in them. Alli is supposed to be taken three times a day, where Meridia should only be taken once, and under the careful control of a doctor. Meridia has been linked to many side effects including heart attack.

You can spot the fake drugs by a few noticeable differences. The expiration date will be in full form such as 01/01/2010. Authentic Alli will only list an expiration date as 01/2010. Real Alli will have a lot code imprinted on the top of the box and the safety seal will state “Sealed for your protection”, the fake products do not have either of these on or in the packaging. Another noticible difference is the capsule size of the fake product. The fake Alli is slightly larger than the real product.

If you have counterfeit Alli stop taking it immediately and contact the FDA. The FDA will need to know where you purchased the product so they can track down this potentially dangerous scam.