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 will not be approved for sale until at least 2006. It is NOT currently available by prescription.
UPDATE (March 2006): FDA approval has been delayed until the second half of 2006.
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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..
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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
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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.
ReplyI am putting in an order into a Mex Pharmacy- will let you know what I find out...
ReplyDid you have any luck finding acomplia
ReplyWhere can I get Acomplia pills
Replymy mum is driving me nuts asking me to find out where accomplia can be purchased and when is it released if any one could help me it would be much appreciated im a uk resident
ReplyAny info on the purchase of acomplia?
ReplyWhere can I get these diet pills to try them out.
ReplyPlease e-mail me when acomplia becomes available for purchase.
ReplyI have been told by a medical professional acomplia works well for Metabolic Syndrome, & those prone to diabetes(symptoms/family history). This is my main concern as I get older, my annual exams tell me I may be heading that way. Although weight loss is an exceptional bonus, acomplia is being boasted for weight loss, which makes me concerned that my insurance may look at it that way and not cover it under a diabetes prevention aspect. How long does it take for insurance companies to make that decision on new drugs?
ReplyIs there any accurate word on apporval for Acomplia? I hear everything from Feb 2006 to June 2006? After the phen-phen disaster I appreciate the time that is being taken in safety, but I am curious about what the anticipated timeframe of release is.
ReplyPlease tell me when Acomplia is approved and on the market.
ReplyPlease let me know when and where I can get Acomplia (Rimonabant ) in Canada. Thank You.
ReplyPlease let me know when and where I can get Acomplia (Rimonabant )
ReplyOk, we're all excited about the possibilites and understand that healthy diet, small portions, and exercise will still be necessary. But, it would be so nice to have a helping hand get out of the gate as nothing works like accomplishments (even small ones)....SO big question.....when do you think it will be available for sale?
ReplyPlease let me know when acomplia, the diet pill, will be available to buy.
Replyare there ongoing studies that i can join in on in winnipeg?
ReplyIt is now January of 2006 do you know when rimonabant will be available?
ReplyWould love to know how to purchase Acomplia
ReplyPlease, let me know I can buy rimonabant.
Replyplease e-mail me when Acomplia is available
ReplyLike everyone esle. Where can I purchase Rimonabant. My doctors told me about this but wasn't sure when it would be available
ReplyPlease let me know when I can purchase this new diet pill called Acomplia.And does ant one know excatly when the pill is coming out.
ReplyI think it will be later on in 2006.. FDA hasnt approved it yet...
ReplyI would like word on when Acomplia will be ready for the
Replyuse by the public.....
Hello fellow overweighters,
ReplyI dont know about you all but this pill dont sound real promising to me.Does it meen that you will only lose around sixteen pounds in two years? I can do that on my own for way less than I bet this stuff will cost.I tryed meridia (cost$200 per month) didn't loose one pound!! Iam going to be 32 years old in Feb. let me tell you I have been overweight most of my life and there were only four things that has ever worked for me, here they are...when I was sixteen I tryed a pill called calban 3000, I lost twenty pounds the first month...when I went to order more(from a magizine) they took it off the market, dont know why. Second I was about twenty years old and was being told(all my life)by my mother(a past 200 pounder,5'5.now she weighs 130 and has kept it off for years)that the only way to do it was eat right and exercise, and that pills did not work.Of course I did not want to hear that,BLUGH.Anyhow I did what she said and low and be hold I lost 70 pounds in around four and a half months. I got married at 25 years, and of course all the settleing down made me FAT AGAIN!!!The last straw was when I had to take acid reflux med. and allegra-D for allergies I just all of a sudden developed. I never felt good, I had endometriosis.And not to mention I saw a picture of me at Christmas dinner two years earlier 232 pounds 5'7, 29 years old. A friend of my moms gave her a book, The Adkins diet.She gave it to me. I read it, I did it, I lost 32 pounds. I started on may 4 2005.Nine months ago. Now I have lost more than that, but through the holidays(Halloween,Thanksgiving,Christmas,New years) I did not let myself be deprived. I simply lost five pounds more and than let myself gain and loose that same five pounds over that time period, so that in the end I still have off my 32 pounds!!!Nothing more lost, but also nothing more gained.Im not done I still have around forty pounds for me to feel great.But at least now my endometriosis is under control, I only have to take one pill for acid reflux instead of two, and allergies...what allergies??I no longer have that breathing problem(I think I was just too fat).When you get older Its more about feeling good not as much about looking that way, thats just a bonus.Oh yeah, all you folks who say "theres nothing to eat on adkins diet other than meat," your wrong.There is a magizine where you can order muffins panckes etc,etc,etc.Or if your like me you can just go get some carbfreedom icecream from blue bunny neopolitan and stir it together to make soft serve, or just take out some of the vanilla and add diet A&W rootbeer and have it that way. There are lots of good stuff you can eat all day. If there wasn't believe me I wouln't be able to stay with it.I hope this helps someone.I know its hard but dont give up. I look at it this way, who cares if it takes a year to get it off, what else are you going to be doing this time next year? probably wishing you would have started last year,I always did.
I tried Cal-Ban 3000 as well the results were amazing I lost two dress sizes in two weeks!Were you able to find Cal-Ban 3000 anywhere else
ReplyHave you been able to find Cal-Burn 3000? If so, where?
Replyps..forgot to mention before the adkins diet, I tryed Phen fen pills, lost twenty lbs. first month without trying and than they took it off the market.
ReplyI would like to know more information about the effects of accomplia on quitting smoking. I know this is the diet-blog site but does anyone have info on this?
I've tried everything to quit. The only thing that helped was Zyban but I'm allergic to it...found that out the hard way!
Thanks for any info!
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