The Medical Freedom Channel

“The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Monday about the dangers of buying prescription drugs online after 24 related Web sites were found to be possibly distributing counterfeit medications. In the past few months, the FDA found two sites carrying counterfeit Xenical 120 mg capsules. The weight-loss drug’s active ingredient, orlistat, was missing from the pills. The prescription drug’s manufacturer, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. tested some of the counterfeit medications and found that they contained sibutramine, the active ingredient in Meridia, a different weight-loss drug made by Abbott Laboratories, whose dosing and drug interaction differs from Xenical. Other samples contained only talc and starch.” (05/01/07)