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Public Citizen, a nationwide consumer organization, with a membership of more than 130,000, petitions the FDA, pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act 21 U.S.C. Section 355(e)(3), and 21 C.F.R. 10.30, to immediately ban the unacceptably dangerous prescription diet drug Meridia® (sibutramine, Knoll Pharmaceuticals/Abbott). According to the FDA data base, since its launch in early 1998 sibutramine has now been associated with 29 deaths including 19 from cardiovascular adverse effects in people using this minimally effective drug. Its use was suspended in Italy because of two cardiovascular deaths and its safety is currently under review in other European countries where, in the UK and France alone, there have been a total of 103 serious adverse reaction reports in people using the drug including two deaths in Britain.

Source: fda.gov

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