FDA Says People Should Stop Using the Diet Products Immediately
May 1, 2009 --
Fourteen Hydroxycut products, marketed as fat burners, low-cost diet aids, and energy enhancers, are being recalled voluntarily by the manufacturer after the FDA received 23 reports of serious liver injuries ranging from jaundice to death.
The FDA is warning consumers to immediately stop using the popular
Hydroxycut line of dietary supplements because of reports of one death
and serious health problems such as jaundice and other liver injuries.
Hydroxycut and Liver Problems
At the news conference, Linda Katz, MD, interim chief medical officer of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said the agency urges consumers to discontinue use of the Hydroxycut products. Not affected by the recall are Hydroxycut Cleanse and Hoodia products.
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