Alli News Abstract 21
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers that a counterfeit version of the popular weight loss medication
Alli contains a potentially harmful ingredient.
Alli (60 mg
orlistat) is an FDA approved weight loss product available without a prescription over-the-counter.
The manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), began receiving reports of suspected counterfeit
Alli in early December 2009 from consumers who bought the product over the internet. Laboratory testing of the suspicious product by GSK found that the samples did not contain
orlistat, the active ingredient in
Alli, but instead contained sibutramine.