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Diet Drugs
The FDA has set the bar too low for the approval of diet drugs. Instead of requiring that diet drugs be proved to prevent the long term consequences of obesity (none ever has), diet drugs can be approved if they show a modest weight loss over a relatively short period.

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benzphetamine (DIDREX); diethylpropion (DURAD, TENUATE, TENUATE DOSPAN, TEPANIL); phendimetrazine (BONTRIL PDM, PLEGINE); phentermine (ADIPEX-P, ATTI PLEX P, FASTIN, IONAMIN, KRAFTOBESE, LOMAIRA, PANSHAPE M, PHENTERCOT, PHENTRIDE, PRO-FAST, RAPHTRE, SUPRAMINE, TARA-8, TERAMINE, TERMENE)
  • We list these drugs as Do Not Use drugs because they cause only very limited weight loss, are addictive and can cause central nervous system stimulation and high blood pressure.

WORST PILLS, BEST PILLS NEWSLETTER ARTICLES

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Drug-Induced Insomnia
March 2023
Learn about the numerous prescription and over-the-counter medications that can cause or exacerbate insomnia.
Do Not Take Central Nervous System Stimulants for Weight Loss!
August 2019
Learn why Public Citizen’s Health Research Group advises against using any central nervous system stimulant drugs for weight loss.
Diet and Exercise: Still the Best Medicine for Losing Weight or Keeping Fit
October 2012
The recent FDA approval of the first two new diet drugs in 13 years occasions our review of the safety problems of both drugs and the history of previous diet drugs, taken off the market because of serious cardiovascular dangers. Two recent well-controlled studies, one in adults and one in children, document the benefit of reasonable diet and exercise programs as the only safe and effective way to lose weight.
Quality of Drug Prescribing
March 2011
The article reviews a study on the potentially dangerous, inappropriate prescribing of 77 drugs that pose a high risk to older adults. Of the 67 of these drugs that we had previously reviewed in Worst, Pills, Best Pills News, we had classified 60 (90 percent) of them as “Do Not Use,” and the other seven as "Limited Use."
Drug Induced Psychiatric Symptoms
October 2002
This is the first of a two part series on drug induced psychiatric symptoms that is based on the July 8, 2002 issue of The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics. Regular readers of Worst Pills, Best Pills News will recognize The Medical Letter as a reference source written for physicians and pharmacists that we often use because of its reputation as an objective and independent source of drug information. The article lists the drugs and their psychiatric adverse effects.

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