FDA Announces Sibutramine Has Been Withdrawn From the Market

cuidado gorditas!!!

 

15 de octubre 2010 - Laboratorios Abbott ha retirado del mercado, el medicamento para la obesidad sibutramina (Meridia)  a la luz de los datos de ensayos clínicos que apuntan a un mayor riesgo de infarto de miocardio y accidente cerebrovascular.

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