{"id":5376,"date":"2024-05-23T19:50:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T01:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/priegobrito.mx\/?p=5376"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:51:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T01:51:56","slug":"cofepris-alert-against-the-illegal-use-and-sale-of-reductil-with-sibutramine-for-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priegobrito.mx\/en\/blog\/2024\/05\/alerta-cofepris-contra-el-uso-y-venta-ilegal-de-reductil-con-sibutramina-para-bajar-de-peso\/","title":{"rendered":"Cofepris alert against the illegal use and sale of Reductil with sibutramine for weight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cofepris issued a double alert to the population against the use of the deceptive product Reductil. The agency assured that, in addition to containing the harmful substance sibutramine, it is manufactured and marketed illegally in our country.<\/p>\n

This product that supposedly helps to lose weight is openly offered through social networks, in packaging that also fails to comply with the legislation. They only inform about the active ingredient, expiration date and batch, but not about the laboratory or where and how it was manufactured.<\/p>\n

Likewise, through a press release, the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris) informed on Wednesday that the company Novo Nordisk M\u00e9xico, S.A. de C.V. has disassociated itself from its production. After some versions of this product were said to bear its seal.<\/p>\n

What harm does sibutrimine do, according to Cofepris?<\/h2>\n

Cofepris also pointed out that the use of sibutramine has been prohibited since 2010 in Mexico in weight loss products. Likewise, in Europe by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).<\/p>\n

This is due to the fact that some health problems associated with its use have been identified, among which the following stand out:<\/p>\n