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...Redux is just a way for pharmaceutical companies to make money and for fat, lazy slobs to avoid eating right and exercising." CHRIS KELLY Stamford, Connecticut...
Kudos to the developers of Redux and other obesity miracle drugs [HEALTH, Sept. 23]. Nonetheless, drugs they are, with side effects and limited usefulness. They are drastic solutions to avoidable problems. The real way to escape being overweight is prevention. Walk, run, bike, swim or row for half an hour a day and eat a proper diet. Live like a marathoner, and you'll look like one. JAY WIND Arlington, Virginia...
...year-old with adult-onset diabetes who weighed 90 lbs. more than recommended, I was given a prescription for Redux. The side effects were almost unbearable. I could not walk straight because of dizziness, I could not concentrate at work and I was lethargic to the point of being almost immobile. After 10 days of taking the drug, I stopped. My physician has now prescribed another diet drug you mentioned, fen/phen, and I have experienced no side effects. I strongly suggest that anyone for whom Redux has been prescribed start by ordering only a small supply, and stop taking...
Justification for the widespread pre-scription of Redux is based on the contention that any of the documented risks are far outweighed by potential benefits. But any couch potato can lose 5 lbs. and keep them off by becoming more active physically and eating a healthy diet--without the use of drugs. So is Redux really about health, or is it about money? With sales of the product expected to reach $1 billion in five years, I guess we know the answer. GLENN A. GAESSER, Associate Professor Exercise Physiology University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Via E-mail...
Contrary to your cover story on Redux, Jenny Craig Inc. is not "scrambling" to add this medication to our weight-management program. We anticipated the use of Redux as an adjunct to our program long before the medication gained approval from an FDA advisory committee in 1995. When Redux became available to the public in July 1996, we immediately began testing a companion program for those clients who qualify and wish to utilize weight-loss medications. As noted in your article, this type of medication is not a magic remedy for obesity; however, such drugs can help people lose weight...