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"Public Citizen
issues public statement criticizing FDA’s failure to ban
Meridia"
September 3, 2003
The Public Citizen consumer group has called upon the
FDA once again for the immediate ban of Meridia diet pill from
the market. Originally calling upon the agency to ban
Meridia in a March 2002 petition, the watchdog group has been
critical of the failure to take adequate safety actions. With
“new evidence of a rapidly growing number of deaths and
serious adverse reactions” linked to Meridia, Public Citizen
believes there is “no justification in continuing to market
a drug that provides minimal weight reduction while increasing
the likelihood of injury and death” (citizen.org 9/3/03).
The group added that the original 2002 petition did not address
the effect Meridia can have on a developing fetus. According to
new analysis, Meridia has been linked to spontaneous abortions,
stillbirths, and congenital malformations, including heart and
central nervous system in the fetus when Meridia is used with
pregnant women. During animal studies before Meridia was approved,
the same link between Meridia use and developing fetus impacts
were witnessed.
The FDA has sufficient evidence for a Meridia ban to be issued
already, according to the group, based on dangerous increases
in blood pressure. Before Meridia approval an FDA advisory committee
voted in 1997 against the approval of Meridia because of safety
concerns. The allowance of Meridia to remain on the market is
troubling because “the number of victims is rising rapidly
and the effectiveness in treating obesity is meager” according
to Public Citizen Health Research Group director.
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