Meridia Sibutramine Legal News Articles & Interviews

Abbott Park, IL Abbott Laboratories, which withdrew a diet drug from the market in October due to Meridia side effects, has announced the recall of approximately 359 million blood-sugar testing strips because they could give low readings that are inaccurate, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Washington, DC Following the announcement earlier this year that Meridia was being withdrawn from the market due to increased risk of Meridia side effects, some consumers might have turned to dietary supplements to help with their weight loss. The risk of Meridia heart attack and Meridia stroke may have led to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting the weight loss medication be pulled from the market, but that has not stopped dietary supplement manufacturers from using sibutramine, the active ingredient in Meridia, in their products.

Washington, DC When is a cure not a cure? When the so-called "'cure"' turns out to be worse than the disease, and the risks outweigh the benefits. Such is the case with Meridia sibutramine, a weight-loss drug introduced with much promise in 1997, only to be pulled from the market this year.

Rockville, MD Although Meridia has been pulled from the market due to the risk of serious Meridia side effects, consumers could still be exposed to Meridia-related side effects. Meridia is known generically as sibutramine, and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created a list of weight loss products that contain sibutramine and could therefore put patients at risk of serious side effects.

Washington, D.C. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected two diet drugs seeking to fill a vacuum in the anti-obesity medication market after Meridia was pulled from the market in October, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Toronto, Canada A lawsuit concerning the risk of Meridia side effects, which reportedly include a risk of Meridia heart attack and Meridia stroke, has been filed in Canada. The lawsuit was filed following a Meridia recall, announced after a clinical trial showed an increase in the risk of heart attack or stroke in patients who use the weight-loss drug.

Washington, DC The headline says it all: 'Why did it take so long to get this diet pill off the market?' The October 25th edition of the venerable Globe and Mail, one of two newspapers published nationally in Canada, observed that Meridia sibutramine—a drug that allows a dieter to feel full and thus be less compelled to linger in the buffet line—was approved the same year that Redux, Ponderal and Pondimin were pulled off the market for health reasons.

Washington, DC The manufacturer of Meridia sibutramine has finally decided to pull the diet drug from the market after failing to win the approval of a safety advisory panel affiliated with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The latter actually requested that Abbott Laboratories withdraw the drug, to which Abbott complied.

Boston, MA A Chinese weight loss drug that contains sibutramine, the same dangerous ingredient found in the diet pill Meridia, is still being sold over the counter in America despite warnings from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Washington, DC While various global health agencies have stepped up their opposition to Meridia sibutramine due to Meridia side effects, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen (PC) has been railing against the diet drug since 2002. In March of that year, PC officially petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the drug from pharmacy shelves.