Originally published January 17 2004
FDA approves obesity drug labeling that promotes the drug while ignoring side effects
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The FDA has approved what is effectively marketing propaganda to be
printed on the label of the obesity drug Xenical. In contrast, it's
still illegal to print the truth about herbs, vitamins, minerals and
other supplements on the labels of natural products, but the FDA happily
allows Xenical labels to include information that will help it sell.
(For example, folic acid supplement manufacturers still cannot state
that folic acid prevents neural tube birth defects, even though every
doctor and researcher under the sun knows this to be true.) The
Xenical label doesn't tell the whole story, either: it should also state
"anal discharge" as one of the side effects. Any drug that causes anal
discharge should have the phrase printed in large, red letters, right on
the front, along with an icon that depicts the event in a recognizable
graphic.
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