Herbal Weight Loss Pill Overdose: Sibutramine Hidden in Pepper Pill

Supposedly herbal weight loss pills are sold online and are widely used in the world. Some of these products are found to contain sibutramine by FDA and their sale is prohibited. We report a case of a female patient who presented to the emergency department after taking slimming pills. 17-year-old f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gul Pamukcu Gunaydin, Nurettin Ozgur Dogan, Sevcan Levent, Gulhan Kurtoglu Celik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/213874