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Acomplia: Miracle Diet Pill?
The experimental weight loss drug (acomplia) has now completed it's second trial:
The drug, rimonabant, which the French company Sanofi-Aventis hopes to sell under the brand name Acomplia, trimmed nearly 16 pounds on average from people taking the optimal dose for two years, compared with 5.5 pounds for those who took dummy pills, doctors reported Tuesday at a cardiology conference.
The drug works differently to most other weight loss drugs:
Acomplia works in an entirely different way, by blocking a "pleasure center" in the brain, leading people to eat less and acting directly on fat cells to prevent weight gain. Company studies suggest it also might help people quit smoking.However it appears Acomplia will suffer from the same scourge as virtually every other drug - adverse side effects.
RedHerring notes that "...as many as a fifth of the patients in the trial of 'Acomplia' dropped out because of adverse side effects." There seems to be no more detail than this. Can it be as bad as Xenical's "anal leakage"...? (See a true story of Acomplia side effects here).
UPDATE: Acomplia has not been approved for sale.
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Created / Updated: November 7, 2011
Please could you advise me as to where I can purchase Accomplia/Rimonabant.
ReplyThanks I look forward to hearing from you.
Leila Fitton
I just happened across it when I was purchasing my thyorid medication from www.antiaging-systems.com I thought I'd try it although it AIN'T CHEAP! But, for me, it does work - 17 pounds in 6 weeks. I am also taking effexor so I was concerned and careful to watch for any interactions or suicidial ideations creeping into my thoughts. I haven't had a single side effect except weight loss. Maybe I'm lucky or maybe this is all it is crackedup to be. Be smart and careful since it isn't FDA approved, but I feel great and it has helped me change my eating habits. I'm not the stress-eater I was, so I'm hoping that will help long term.
ReplyThis is what I need. Please tell me where I can get this diet pill. Thank you so much. Debbie
ReplyI would like to purchase Accomplia/Rimonabantas soon as possible.I would love to get this weight off.
ReplyThanx Sherri Sparks
I would like to purchase Accomplia/Rimonabantas soon as possible.I would love to get this weight off.
ReplyThanx Sherri Sparks
I would love to purchase this new weight lost pill.Please contact me as soon as possible.
ReplyThank You Sherri Sparks
hello I would love to try this diet pill Acomplia..is it available now and where and how can I purchase it..
please send info to wendyseas222@aol.com
or shirley warner 5 clark court
Replyoberlin ohio 44074
Accomplia still not approved yet by FDA or any other international agency so it's impossible to get unless you are part of the trial.Should be approved by end of the year in U.K. and USA
Replyplease notify me via email as soon as acoplia is available for purchase. i cant take this weight anymore
ReplyMy understanding is the the drug is not FDA approved and will not be for some time, so it will nto be avaiable in the Us..but it CAN be obtained in MExico where the FDA has no say. This is something I HEARD...if anyone can verify yes/no that would be great..A road trip to Mexico sounds good to me but I don't wanna waste my time.
Replyplease let me know where to order
ReplyPLEASE LET ME KNOW WHERE I CAN PURCHASE ACOMPLIA? NEEDED DESPERATELY. THANK YOU.
ReplyPlease let me know where I can purchase Acomplia.
ReplyAny news on the acomplia release date? (or if it can be purchased in Mexico?)I look for new info often on line but it seems hard to find anything after 2004/ early 2005. I'd like more info on a release date/ clinical trials.
Replybobbi
mimisfloral@aol.com
I heard about Acomplia new diet pill thur prevention and online too I had been hardly with many diff diet crash didnt help me to lose weight. where I can order Acomplia at ? I hope will be last one to help me lose weight !!! thank you Catheryn Craddock
ReplyHi,
Any news on Accomplia and when it will available?
Thanks,
Kim
ReplyHello...it's not going to be available until 2006, folks. It's also NOT a miracle pill...nothing magically makes you lose weight except a healthy lower calorie diet and regular exercise. You guys should try that for a while and see where it gets you and then you may find you don't even need Acomplia.
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