Why did I have a serious adverse reaction after taking the weight loss product I bought on WeChat Moments? The weight loss drug sold by Guo Meimei, who was “imprisoned for the second time”, has been banned for 10 years

Why do you feel anxious after taking a slimming capsule? Recently, Guo Meimei, who was imprisoned for the second time, revealed the true face of the slimming drug sibutramine. The drug she sold has been banned for 10 years, but she still continues to harm people in her circle of friends.

She was sentenced to two years and six months in prison and a fine of 200,000 yuan by the court for the crime of selling toxic and harmful food because of selling "weight loss candy" containing the "banned drug" sibutramine.

1. Many people bought weight loss products in WeChat Moments and experienced serious adverse reactions

Last October, Mr. Lou from Hangzhou saw someone promoting a weight loss product on WeChat Moments. He was attracted by the words in the advertisement such as "personal experience of losing 20 kilograms in 20 days" and "obvious effect". Eager to lose weight, he quickly placed an order for a course of treatment. After layers of price increases, the "weight loss candy" that had been purchased at 2 yuan per piece was resold to Mr. Lou at 25 yuan per piece.

But after taking it, Mr. Lou found that his body had serious adverse reactions. He suspected that this "weight loss candy" had quality problems and reported it to the market supervision department.

With the price being raised layer by layer, the price of a poisonous, harmful and potentially lethal online celebrity weight loss pill has even increased by dozens of times! Why do criminals take such a risk? There is only one reason - huge profits!

A woman in Shanghai described her reaction after taking a certain "Internet celebrity weight loss capsule" she bought online. About an hour after taking the weight loss capsule, she began to feel anxious and her heartbeat accelerated. Her heart rate soared from more than 70 beats per minute to 110 beats per minute, which lasted for more than 3 hours. The weight loss drugs these people took all contain an ingredient - sibutramine.

A reporter tried to buy such weight loss products on multiple e-commerce platforms and found that most of the parties involved in the transaction used "code words". The problem of express delivery becoming a distribution channel for some banned drugs is becoming increasingly prominent. Many of these popular weight loss capsules and candies were found to contain sibutramine. Some weight loss products contain sibutramine, but merchants disguise them as natural enzymes, pure Chinese patent medicines, L-carnitine, and meal replacement powders.

Weight loss drugs are often sold under false pretenses. For example, someone buys laxatives from a pharmacy, mixes them with flour, and then changes the bottle to an English-printed bottle, and it becomes an "imported" weight loss drug from Australia. The cost is only 20 or 30 cents per pill, but it is sold for 500 yuan per bottle.

2. What are the side effects of sibutramine?

Sibutramine was originally used to treat depression. Drug manufacturers discovered that its weight-loss effect was more effective than its anti-depressant effect, so they developed it as a weight-loss drug.

Information on the official website of the State Food and Drug Administration shows that in 2010, the State Food and Drug Administration issued a document to stop the production, sale and use of sibutramine preparations and raw materials in my country, and revoked their approval documents. The manufacturers are responsible for recalling and destroying the drugs that have been put on the market.

Sibutramine may affect the digestive system, nervous system, central and peripheral nervous system, cardiovascular system, etc., leading to endocrine and metabolic disorders, mental stress, sleep disorders, etc. The most serious is that it may cause myocardial infarction, stroke, cardiac arrest, especially for patients with coronary heart disease, arrhythmia and other heart diseases or cerebrovascular diseases, the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents is higher. If taken in early pregnancy, it may cause abnormal differentiation of fetal organs and teratogenesis.

At present, in my country, the only drug approved by the State Drug Administration for obesity treatment is orlistat. It is contraindicated for children under 18 years old, pregnant and lactating women, patients allergic to orlistat or any ingredients in the drug preparation, patients with chronic malabsorption syndrome, cholestasis, patients with organic obesity (such as hypothyroidism), organ transplant recipients, patients taking cyclosporine, and those who are not overweight.

3. What should obese people do?

If it is pathological obesity, the cause should be found and symptomatic treatment should be given. If it is physiological obesity, it is necessary to clarify what obesity is.

The core of weight loss is to make the calories consumed less than the calories burned. Diet is the only way to control calorie intake, so its importance in weight loss is irreplaceable.

Weight loss should be done gradually. Anyone who advocates losing weight quickly in a short period of time or just eating and not moving can't be trusted!

We need more correct values: eat healthy, exercise properly, and live an active life.

Control your diet, move your legs, and live a healthy lifestyle, which is more reliable than any product.

Follow me and lead a healthy life together!