1 However, FDA-banned appetite suppressants are commonly prescribed in many parts of the world, especially in South America.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the great majority of amphetamine-based anorectics. Increasing physicians’ awareness of imported diet pill use may improve care of patients suffering from the pills’ many adverse effects. These cases illustrate the potential harm from imported prescription diet pills that combine fenproporex with benzodiazepines, antidepressants, diuretics, laxatives and other substances. Fenproporex and fluoxetine were detected in his pills. A 38-year-old man using imported diet pills presented after his occupational urine screen was significantly positive for amphetamine. Her symptoms resolved after she stopped using diet pills. Fenproporex and chlordiazepoxide were detected in her pills. Urine toxicology screen detected amphetamines and benzodiazepines.

A 26-year-old woman using imported diet pills presented with a two-year history of intermittent chest pains, palpitations, headaches and insomnia. Banned amphetamine-based anorectics are illicitly imported into the United States (US), but little is known regarding the harm these diet pills pose to US residents.