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...some, the damage has already been done. Over the objections of her parents, Wang Ting, a 16-year-old computer student at a Shanghai technical school, started taking an outlawed Chinese diet pill called Qingzhisu several years ago. By September 2001, she had succeeded in dropping from 78 kilos to 57 kilos, but she also complained of headaches and her eyes seemed to bulge...
...Some consumers say risks are minimal and worth taking. Li Gang, 30, lost 15 kilos in a month while taking a Chinese diet pill. There were troubling side effects. "I became very impatient, and I felt my brain was slow," says Li, who works for a foreign consulting company in Beijing. But he says he was pleased to be slimmer and "In any case, (the side effects) went away when I stopped taking" the drug...
...Sing Lee, director of the Hong Kong Eating Disorders Clinic, estimates that of 350 patients his facility has treated, up to 70% have used diet pills, often popping a variety of them. "It's just like drug abuse," he says. Even pills that do not contain fenfluramine can pose health risks. Some contain diuretics or laxatives that can cause skin rashes, diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome. "I've encountered women who are taking diuretics without being aware of it," says Dr. Lee. "They lose water and with it, potassium and other vital body-regulating electrolytes." Reduced potassium can cause...
...passed away last year. "The diet pill companies take advantage of young girls and boast results that aren't real," says Wang's father, Wang Quikan. "Why aren't these things more controlled?" Wang sued the manufacturer but the case was dropped by a Shanghai court for insufficient evidence. "Society's influence is very bad," he says. "It took away my healthy young girl...
...News reports may scare consumers off dubious diet drugs for a while, and outlawed brands will disappear from the market. But other potentially dangerous products seem sure to crop up. Already, ephedrine?an amphetamine-like stimulant cited in 80 deaths in the U.S.?is reportedly gaining popularity as a diet drug in the region. "Humans have short memories," sighs Adachi, the Japanese doctor who sounded the alarm over pills containing N-nitroso fenfluramine. "So long as people insist on being thin, dangerous diet drugs will persist." In other words: as long as Asians are dying to be thin, there...