Stop using Hydroxycut products, FDA says (CNN)

[eppur_se_muova]

By Saundra Young
CNN


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Hydroxycut products, popular dietary supplements used for weight loss, have been linked to liver damage and are being recalled, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

The FDA said it has received 23 reports of serious liver injuries linked to Hydroxycut products, which are also used as energy enhancers and as fat burners.

The reports include the 2007 death of a 19-year-old man living in the Southwest, which was reported to the FDA in March. Other serious liver problems reported included liver damage that resulted in a transplant in 2002, liver failure, jaundice, seizures and cardiovascular problems.

The FDA is warning consumers to immediately stop using 14 Hydroxycut products manufactured by Iovate Health Sciences Inc. of Oakville, Ontario, and distributed by Iovate Health Sciences USA Inc. of Blasdell, New York.

The company is voluntarily recalling the following products: Hydroxycut Regular Rapid Release Caplets, Hydroxycut Caffeine-Free Rapid Release Caplets, Hydroxycut Hardcore Liquid Caplets, Hydroxycut Max Liquid Caplets, Hydroxycut Regular Drink Packets, Hydroxycut Caffeine-Free Drink Packets, Hydroxycut Hardcore Drink Packets (Ignition Stix), Hydroxycut Max Drink Packets, Hydroxycut Liquid Shots, Hydroxycut Hardcore RTDs (Ready-to-Drink), Hydroxycut Max Aqua Shed, Hydroxycut 24, Hydroxycut Carb Control and Hydroxycut Natural.
***
more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/01/hydroxycut.fda.recall/index.html

[semillama]

1. Hasn't Hydroxycut been around for at least 12 years?

I remember selling it when I was working at GNC in 1997. Has it taken 12 years to figure this out?

[sunter]

2. Hydroxycut

i also dont belive in the miracle of 'diet pills' but i was once guilty of using them.

about a year and a half ago i used one of the hydroxycut products and it made me feel really sick, so sick i could barely eat. so i just stoped.