Brazilian Diet Pills Causing Stir
Imagine failing a pre-employment drug test after taking a diet pill. It seems that a number of popular Brazilian "herbal" diet pills have shown traces of amphetamines, and other substances (via Miami Herald):
Most users aren't aware of the pills' possible dangers. Four women seeking jobs at Baptist Health South Florida in the past six months have failed drug tests, said Thomas Moore, who works in the hospital system's employment program.All said they were taking nothing more than over-counter diet pills and were stunned to hear their urine was laced with controlled substances. "This one woman was crying, saying this hospital job was what she wanted to spend her life doing," Moore said.
She brought Moore her Brazilian diet pills -- yellow pills to take in the morning, orange pills to take at night. Moore sent them to Robert White of the federally certified DSI Laboratories in Fort Myers.
White told The Herald the yellow pills contained amphetamines. The orange pills contained tranquilizers and a generic Prozac, apparently to bring users down from the jitters caused by amphetamines and allow them to sleep at night.
The main culprit is a pill called Emagrece Sim - supposedly an "all-natural" pill. It seems that no one can be sure exactly what's in these pills. The claims are of 20-30 pound per month weight loss.
Let the buyer beware! I'll leave the final word to one poor user of these Brazilian pills:
After she learned what the pills contained, she stopped taking them. "I felt very bad. I slept for a week."
Most versions of the pills come in five levels, depending on how much weight a person wants to lose. One woman who lost almost 20 pounds in a month said that after she went from Level 4 to Level 5,"I was really hyper," but when she took the nighttime pill, she couldn't stay awake and fell into a deep sleep at 8:30.
Suspicious, she had the pills tested and discovered the amphetamine-tranquilizer combination.
"This is really big," the woman said. "People in medical institutions, police officers. Everybody is taking these pills and nobody knows what's in them."
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Created / Updated: November 8, 2011
Wow, that is pretty crazy. I knew pharmaceuticals weren't as regulated in other countries, but I had no idea that controlled substancees were being put into diet pills. I guess it's a combination of lack of security on the part of US Customs and also the fact that supplements are almost completely unregulated. Kinda scares me!
ReplyIt is not uncommon for unscrupulous supplement manufacturers to spike their products with cheap pharmaceuticals to produce an effect that will create repeat business.
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ReplyWhile this case does seem extreme, it's not like things of this nature don't happen in America... The only thing is that here - when someone finds out about a problem with any form of medication thay usually announce it out of fear... overseas the lax regulation mean that they have less to lose iby keeping thier mouths shut until the public notices for themselves.
Replyi have taken these pills lost 17 lbs in 3 weeks...stopped for a month and i am now on them again for another 3 weeks to loose just a little more went from an almost size 10 to a 4 i want to be a 2. But the thing is i have never felt better in my whole life not only about how i look, but also emotionally, everything i try on looks good...and i can wear my Manoloh Blannik shoes for 8-10 hr days at work...( i had started wearing flats because i could not tolerate shoes i had always worn before this little extra weight i had put on after having my baby, that i could not get rid off neither dieting or exercising) The pills have changed my life, my eating habits, i quit coffee, the glass of wine every now and then...and i dont even want either ever again, i have great energy all day long, i am more concentrated on things, i am less stressed, way less, and i am in a better mood whatever these pills have i swear EVERYONE i know should take them....i for one for now until i finish these last 3 weeks i have, will do it, i just wish people would just stop this...crazyness about them...no one has died and whatever they have wont kill you for taking them for amonth or two.
ReplyCan someone tell me where I can buy some of these pills. Also, is there anyone who is significantly overweight (50+ lbs) who has taken them. If so, how did they affect you. Please help!!!!
ReplyI have been using a diet pill called Body Slim that is also a Brazilian diet pill. However I purchased the pills before reading a story similar to the one posted above. After I read the story in my paper I contacted the supplier and they assured me their products have nothing in common with the emagrece products in question. They don't even contain the same ingredients they said. On a side note, so far I am very happy with the pills. Its been 2 weeks and I have lost 5 pounds.
ReplyCould someone tell me where I can order the Brazilian diet pills. I have gained so much weight when menopause started and I am miserable. I have tried everything and yes I do exercise. I need HELP.
ReplyWhere can I get the Brazilian Pills?
ReplyUh, Brazilian pill fan, the reason you have all that energy is because you were on SPEED. Hello! Illegal drugs WILL make you lose weight...but they're illegal and have horrific side effects. That's why there's rehab...for people that get addicted to speed/cocaine/heroin, etc. The only safe way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more. Pure and simple.
ReplyBrazil Pill Fan, where did you get your pills from?
ReplyI took this pill 5 1/2 years ago. The first couple weeks, I lost about 10 pounds. But I aslo lost a few years of my life after that. I got really sick one day, fainted and had to go to the hospital by ambulance. I developed a seizure disorder, that just now after all these years, I was able to stop taking meds to control seizures. Able to drive a car without a problem.
My mother decided to give them a try in September of this year. She also got very sick with the pills. Her potassium level was very elevated and she had heart palpitation.
The labels in the pills are NOT true. They send them to the USA as vitamins and you are right, when I was sick, the found high levels of amphetamines on my blood.
To all of you that are thinking about this pill, please... don't. I only wanted to loose a few pounds and had to go thru a lot because of these pills. And yes, they are illegal drugs. Take this info from two brasilians that are very unhappy with this drug.
Replycynthia, where did you get those pills you are talking about? there are so many with the same brand name. what vendor did you use? btw, did you mean low levels of potassium? a lack of potassium is what causes heart failure and cardiac arrest in people who diet excessively.
ReplyI got the pills directly from Brazil. At the time, no one in the USA had heard of them. I had to call this doctor over there and he would send them to the USA. They were pretty much the same as the ones around now. The diferent pills thruought the day, I think after breakfast for the first week, then you'd increasse the dosage. After you loose so much weight, you'd go to the next level... etc.
ReplyAnd my mother had a very HIGH level of potassium. The pill has potassium in it. She also had a few other problems, specially after she stoped taking them. She slept for a couple of days, and just looked very down. With the help of a doctor here in the USA, she had to go thru all kinds of tests and detoxication.
Well, don't get me wrong, they do work. You will loose a ton of weight on these pills. There are so many people taking them now. And the are all loosing all the weight. But there are consequencies.
Brazilian Pill fan,
could you please tell us where you ordered your pills from?
Thank you! :)
ReplyPlease tell me how to order the Brazilian Diet Pill, I would greatly appreciate that information. Thank you.
Laura
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