Products found to contain undeclared medicines
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Australia: Safety advisory: Excellence Losing Weight capsules were found to contain undeclared sibutramine |
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The TGA has tested a product labelled Excellence Losing Weight capsules and found that the capsules contain the undeclared substance sibutramine which is a prescription-only substance in Australia. Sibutramine was withdrawn from world markets in 2010 due to increased risk of cardiac events and stroke.
Excellence Losing Weight capsules pose a serious risk to health and should not be taken. TGA investigations have shown that a number of people in Australia may have bought the product online.
Consumers are advised to stop taking the product and consult their health care practitioner if they have any concerns arising from the use of the product.
Please refer to the following website in TGA for details:
http://www.tga.gov.au/alert/excellence-losing-weight-capsules
In Hong Kong, the above product is not a registered pharmaceutical product.
Ends/ Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Issued at HKT 13:00
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