Comments on: FDA Urged To Ban Abbott’s Meridia Diet Pill http://www.pharmalot.com/2009/12/fda-urged-to-ban-abbotts-meridia-diet-pill/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:11:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: susan http://www.pharmalot.com/2009/12/fda-urged-to-ban-abbotts-meridia-diet-pill/#comment-449164 susan Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:10:48 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=20206#comment-449164 Thank you for the clarification. I have been on both drugs, and a year or so ago when I went to my pharmacy to have a script for Meridia filled, the pharmacist said to get Alli off the shelf, it was the same drug just a smaller dose. Thank you for the clarification.

I have been on both drugs, and a year or so ago when I went to my pharmacy to have a script for Meridia filled, the pharmacist said to get Alli off the shelf, it was the same drug just a smaller dose.

]]> By: pharmavet http://www.pharmalot.com/2009/12/fda-urged-to-ban-abbotts-meridia-diet-pill/#comment-449080 pharmavet Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:37:04 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=20206#comment-449080 Alli is a completely different drug. It inhibits absorption of fat from the small intestine. Meridia is a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor in the brain and works as an appetite suppressant. Meridia's cardiovascular side effects are due to it's propensity to raise BP and heart rate. I worked on Meridia for Knoll Pharma and the HR/BP effeucts were fairly mild and pretty much confined to a subgroup of patients. Guess it took a much larger postmarketing study to elucidate the true incidence rates. Alli is a completely different drug. It inhibits absorption of fat from the small intestine. Meridia is a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor in the brain and works as an appetite suppressant. Meridia’s cardiovascular side effects are due to it’s propensity to raise BP and heart rate. I worked on Meridia for Knoll Pharma and the HR/BP effeucts were fairly mild and pretty much confined to a subgroup of patients. Guess it took a much larger postmarketing study to elucidate the true incidence rates.

]]> By: susan http://www.pharmalot.com/2009/12/fda-urged-to-ban-abbotts-meridia-diet-pill/#comment-448879 susan Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:16:44 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=20206#comment-448879 Would this also affect Alli since the formulation is slightly different? Would this also affect Alli since the formulation is slightly different?

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