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May 28th, 2002

"Meridia FAQHealth Canada Investigates Meridia"

Meridia (sibutramine) has been pulled from the market in Italy after being linked to two deaths and at least 28 other deaths around the world and is now under review by European regulators. Meridia has been on the U.S. market since 1998, but the FDA is currently studying the Meridia side effects. Nine thousand Canadians use Meridia for severely overweight or obese people, but with the recent fatalities possibly linked to the diet drug,

Public Citizen, the U.S. consumer advocacy group, finds Meridia to be extremely dangerous. According to the group’s director, Dr. Sidney Wolf, “In the last year, the sales of it (Meridia) went up enormously….and as a result there were more problems, deaths, arythmias, cases of hypertension, and so forth” (CBC News, 3-28-02).

Abbott Laboratories, Meridia’s maker, continues to claim the drug is effective and safe.