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Dangerous Diet Pills that Cause Illness, Injury and Sometimes Death: Which Diet Pills are Dangerous and Why

If you are among many people who use diet pills or dietary supplements you may wonder if the product you are taking is safe or not.  Many diet pills advertise themselves as being "safe" and some are but there are many different brands of diet pills that are extremely dangerous and have caused many adverse reaction. 

One very popular diet pill, Hydroxycut, was issued a massive recall due to the popular diet pill being unsafe.  The FDA announced in May of 2009 that the product had injured 23 people and killed one. All of the adverse reactions to the diet pill were liver related including jaundice, elevated liver enzymes and liver failure.  The FDA urged people to stop taking Hydroxycut due to the dangers associated with it.  The over the counter diet pill Alli is also being looked at by the FDA for a possible link to liver damage.

Some people believe that looking up the ingredients that are listed on the label of the diet pill will help them determine if the pill contains any ingredients that could lead to dangerous side effects but last year the FDA proved that sometimes there really is no way to find out if a diet pill is 100% safe and free of dangerous risks.  By March of this past year the FDA had compiled a list of dangerous diet pills which included 72 different diet pill and dietary supplement products (for a full list of the recalled diet pills and recalled dietary supplements click here).  The diet pills that were recalled by the FDA were discovered to be unsafe once the FDA became aware that there were ingredients missing from the label.  Yes, that is right the diet pill companies failed to list the full list of ingredients that were in the diet pills due to the dangers of the missing ingredients.  The missing diet pill ingredients ranged from carcinogens to anti-seizure medications to controlled substances, prescription drugs and unapproved drugs with serious side effects.

Making sure you know what you are putting in your body when you take diet pills is something that should definitely be done but what happens when you take a diet pill that has an ingredient that is not listed? When an ingredient is not listed by a company on the label and there are no warnings on the label indicating adverse side effects associated with a product and you become ill or injured you need to first seek medical attention and then contact a personal injury lawyer or a product liability lawyer to represent you in your case against the diet pill company.  If you live in New York or New Jersey contact Frank J. Dito Staten Island injury lawyer at 718.979.4300 or 800.976.4909 for a free consultation regarding your diet pill related illnesses and injuries.