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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Did anyone find out anything about if its out yet in mexico? I could do a road trip:)
ReplyPlease let me know as soon as possible.
Replywhere can i get accomplia or rim. now?
ReplyI am interested in purchasing and trying this diet pill once it is available in the U.S. please email me when it is approved by the FDA and available in the U.S.
Thank you,
ReplyPaul Skinner
I would like to give this drug a try-just have about 16 to 21 lbs more to lose-and I want to make it.I would like info on it.I have to finish losing this weight and maintain the rest of my life-I am going to somehow.
ReplyI started out at 323 lbs a yr and a half ago-put myself on my own diet.It hasn't been easy.I was not overweight all my life.
U guys whould read his other report on acomplia side effects and all those people dropping out of the study. Still, it seems this one may be safer than meridia which it looks like things are being hide from showing us how dangerous this meridia one is. At least Acomplia has been used in other ways under another name so it has real world use, I believe - correct me if I'm wrong cause that's what I was lead to believe. If not then watch this one like a dog. Also, it could be much quicker to find out if it has bad effects (if no real world use has yet occurred) cause it seems it will be marketed to smokers and addicts of many things. I like this in all truth. I can wait a few months after it is out.
ReplyPlease e-mail me with purchase information for Accomplia.
ReplyThank you!
IT IS 2006 NOW WHEN IS THE MIRACLE PILL GOING TO BE FOR SALE?
ReplyCould some please tell me where to purchase this at.Rimonabant or acomplica. please
ReplyI just asked my Dr, he said they told him 1 mo to 4 mos it will be available in the US....
ReplyPLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN THE RELEASE DATE IS . I CAN GET A RX FROM MY DOCTOR.
ReplyAny information on whether Accomplia is available in Mexico?
ReplyI would love to try acomplia as soon as it is available. Can you please let me knowasap. Thanks so much
ReplyPlease let me know where I can buy this diet pill!
ReplyNow, most threads about diets and diet pills on the blog have one or two people that think (for whatever reason) that this is a service provider and that Jim will get back to them with "how to get xyz" or "where to purchase xyz." But this thread is just infiltrated with them.
What is it with this pill that has so many people interested in it? I don't keep up on any diet crazes other than what I read here, but I've never seen anything on TV or the magazines I've read talking about this being some miracle drug. If it ends up being compared with Phen-Phen, that's a good enough reason for me not to even consider it. Is it really supposed to give such great results that no one cares about the side effects or the approval process?
-Danielle (in shock at these posts)
ReplyPlease, keep us all informed on when and where we can purchase this product. Thank You, Sasha
ReplyAny new news on when it will be out for us to get?
ReplyDanielle the reason for some of us that are interested is that for the first time if you have heart disease and are overweight this is something that will help. It isn't dangerous and have even proven to help lower some risk facters.
ReplyAcomplia is expected to be out by the end of 2006. The new FDA chief has held up it's release to two fold use, weight loss and plaque dissolving for heart & stroke patients.Smoking cessation was not approved yet and won't be as part of first release of Acomplia. I am lucky enough to be on it in the trials, it is incredible. I have dieted for 35 years, eat right, exercise but still couldn't move the fat off my stomach at 62 years old. I have lost 34 pounds of fat in 7.5 months, and 3 sizes. I look wonderful and feel incredibly good. My body is melting like a candle, bones are even starting to show.:>) You have to do everything right, it is just the extra little help needed to start losing serious weight.If you eat bad food again, the weight will return.No pill allows you to eat poorly and lots and lose weight, and this one doesn't either.I have tried everything, this really works. No side effects for me except happiness, no hunger and getting slender again. My doctor is jubilant seeing my results, can hardly wait to get it to prescribe.Be patient, buy stock.It's coming soon, my friends are eager after watching my progress.Finally a drug that works well if you diet and exercise, not a miracle but closest thing to one I've seen in years.Yippeee. :>)
ReplyThanks Valerie-
Just doing a quick Google search, the EU approved Acomplia for use in patients with abdominal obesity who have other conditions like type 2 diabetes or unhealthy lipids. They strongly recommend against using it for cosmetic reasons. A pro-Acomplia web-site claims that Acomplia increases the levels of Good Cholesterol more so than losing weight alone.
The French manufacturers are also trying to get Acomplia approved for use in stopping smoking. As far as I can tell, neither the EU nor the FDA have approved it for this use.
The Side Effects story above is pretty scary, though. Psychological problems seem to be greatly increased in those who use Acomplia during the trials. Since Acomplia seems to work by stimulating the happy-place in people's brains, are the psychological problems caused by "coming down" off of a high? Once a patient has acheived their goal weight, is there a concern about drug use or depression eating due to the lack of this stimulation? Maybe that's what's keeping the FDA from approving the drug? Maybe they're waiting to see what longer term effects are in the trial?
In the end, it's up to the patient (with full-disclosure of the risks) to weigh the risk of psychological issues with the benefits of losing weight without a life-style change. If it is approved, I wish you all luck.
-Danielle
ReplyAnyone who has information on how to order this drug from Mexico, or wherever let me know!!! Please email me at terrievelyn@yahoo.com. Thanks...
ReplyPlease contact me when this product is available. Thank you!!
ReplyCould you please let me know when acomplia will be available?
Replythank you
PLEASE e-mail me when Acomplia is available.
ReplyHi there
Just to let everyone know that the drug will be ava from 21 july 2006.
ReplyAcomplia 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.
ReplyAnybody interested in Acomplia (Rimonabant) incl. online-prescrition send me an email. webnicole70@yahoo.de
ReplyThe original is on the market in Europe!
please please the same question that everbody has been asking, were can i buy acomplia also known as rimonabant, also if any one has got e,mail address for Mexico-en-chemist that would also be great, my e mail address is sky1957@aol.com, would like to think somebody out there has the answers, so please share, thank you.
ReplyHi. I am very interested in Acomplia. I see it is available in the UK. Does anyone know where someone in the USA can purchase it online?
Thank you.
ReplyPlease could you let me know as soon as Rimonbant becomes available to purchase.
Replyplease could you tell me where and when can i purchase accomplia pills. contact a.s.a.p
ReplyHello to all...I have had problems with my weight for quite while now due to a condition called PCOS and endometriosis. The year before we FINALLY got pregnant with our son, I tried again to lose some weight. Anyway, I don't know how many of you guys have tried this...but, I ordered CortiSlim(December),no lbs. came off for the first month and a half, just inches, but then around the middle of February, I lost about 6 lbs.(in one month). Two weeks later,(March),that had increased to 16 lbs., by the end of April I had lost a total of 34 lbs. If you choose to try this...make sure you stick with it. It does work, but it will take a little time.
ReplyGood Luck to All!!
P.S. You should go off of all caffeine when you take CortiSlim, for the diehards it might be alittle rough at first. Push through the caffeine withdraw (only last a couple days) and I took the advance dosage on the label.
ReplyLaunch of Acomplia in USA is expected to be before the end of this year. Only britains can buy acomplia at this moment.
Replyplease let me know where i can obtain this drug asap. i need to lose weight and quit smoking!
ReplyThis is absolutely pathetic. Everyone thinks that their problems can be solved by a magic pill or miracle diet. The only solution to losing weight is HARD WORK. That's the only way you'll lose fat and keep it off. Nothing great can be earned without a lot of effort. Are we so proud and lazy that we can't accept that?
I've lost 20 pounds of fat and gained 10 pounds of muscle in the last two months. You know how I did it? Blood, sweat, and tears. That's the only way to make it stick. I go to the gym at least 5 times a week, sometimes as many as 10.
They don't even mention where the weight came off for these people. What was the 16 pounds? Fat? Water? Muscle? Any muscle you lose during weight loss will make it easier for you to gain it all back and more and make losing weight harder in the future.
The solution to all of your problems has been in front of your eyes the whole time: clean eating, cardiovascular exercise, and weight training. It's not easy, but nothing worth achieving ever is. If you have mastered all of that, but the weight still won't come off, then, and only then, should you consider a diet pill.
Check out www.burnthefat.com for one of the only honest weight loss plans left on the market. The plan involves a lot of effort, but it will help you keep the weight off once and for all. Stop looking for the easy way out; it will only demean you and anyone who lost weight the right way.
ReplyCan you please notify me when Acoplia because available in the United States.
ReplyDebi
Is Acomplia available in Mexico?
ReplyWhere in Atlanta can I purchase a weight loss product/pill called Rimonabant
ReplyI have been on acomplia for 4 months. I have not lost a lb. I am planning to go off of it as it is not working for me. I am about 20 lbs. 50 lbs overweight. I have experienced a few panic attacks and respiratory problems from the drug but those were the only side effects. JUST No weight loss.
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