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...distinctive black-and-white sweater-striped pill was supposed to make millions of Americans thin--and its manufacturer rich. But a year after the drug called Redux was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for sale in the U.S., the hot new diet pill has fallen short on both counts. At $200 million a year, sales are flat and lagging far behind the initial $1 billion-a-year expectations. Some who have taken Redux have discovered that it is not the magic melting potion they hoped it would be; others who were thinking of taking it have been frightened...
NEED MORE DI IN YOUR DIET...
...these companies declined to respond on the record to CNN. GM did send a letter noting that "the primary cause of these types of birth defects is lack of sufficient folic acid in the diet" of the expectant mother. But Janet Ramirez responds, "I was always watching my diet. They're just trying to blame the victim." Each week she makes a pilgrimage to her daughter's grave site. MARIA GUADALUPE, the tombstone reads...
...diet-in-a-pill, to be marketed as Xenical, works by disabling pancreatic enzymes that help the intestines absorb the fat in foods. The drug produces "a kind of intestinal aversion" to fat, explains Dr. Jules Hirsch of Rockefeller University, an FDA adviser. "Patients learn there are consequences to eating more...
Doctors are quick to point out that the new diet pills are intended for only the truly obese. That caveat notwithstanding, however, such companies as Hoffmann-La Roche--orlistat's manufacturer--can be forgiven for feeling that they have hit the pharmaceutical jackpot. About 58 million Americans already spend $30 billion annually battling the scale. Even if the new drug doesn't slim waistlines, it will surely fatten someone's bottom line...