Sibutramine
Brand name: Meridia
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More information on sibutramine (Meridia)
- Testimony Before FDA Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting on Cardiovascular Risk Assessment of Obesity Drugs, March 29, 2012
- Position Statement: FDA’s Decision to Pull Diet Pill Sibutramine (Meridia) Commendable, But Took Too Long for Drug’s Victims, October 8, 2010
- Testimony on Sibutramine (Meridia), September 15, 2010
- Position Statement: Study Reinforces Long-Known Dangers of Weight-Loss Drug Sibutramine (Meridia), September 1, 2010
- Letter to FDA Praising Food Safety Cautiousness, Attacking Drug Safety Recklessness, March 8, 2010
- Petition to Ban Sibutramine (Meridia), December 3, 2009
- Statement on FDA Denial of Public Citizen’s Petition to Ban Sibutramine (Meridia), August 17, 2005
- Supplement to Petition to Ban Sibutramine (Meridia), September 3, 2003
- Letter Urging Prosecution of Abbott Laboratories for Withholding Information on Sibutramine (Meridia), May 21, 2002
- Petition to Ban the Diet Drug Sibutramine (Meridia), March 19, 2002