WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US health officials have ordered Abbott Laboratories' controversial weight loss drug Meridia off the market, and the company said it. [...]

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FRIDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Abbott Laboratories, maker of Meridia (sibutramine), agreed to voluntarily withdraw the obesity drug from the market [...]

Diet drug Meridia withdrawn from US marketExaminer.comAny Floridian taking the diet drug, sold under the brand names Meridia (generic name sibutramine) should stop immediately. [...] Weight loss drug marketed as Meridia voluntarily [...]

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Abbott Laboratories yanked diet drug Meridia from pharmacy shelves in the US and asked patients to stop taking it after regulators questioned its safety. [...]

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The weight loss drug Meridia is being taken off the market at the FDA's request because of an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Go here to see the original: Weight Loss Drug Meridia Off the Market at FDA's Request [...]

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Eight members of the panel voted Wednesday to recommend that the FDA withdraw Meridia from the US market, while six members said the product should remain [...]

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MedPageToday reported October 8, 2010, that Abbott is voluntarily removing Meridia from the U.S. market. I had written on September 8 about the higher incidence of stroke and heart attack in Meridia users who had underlying [...]

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Keller Rohrback LLP (www.krclassaction.com) announces that it is continuing its investigation of the side effects associated with the use of Meridia, [...]

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Health authorities in Taiwan have ordered a recall of Meridia and all other weight-loss drugs that contain sibutramine because of increased risks of [...]

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Abbott Laboratories says it will voluntarily withdraw obesity drug Meridia from the US market at the request of the US Food and [...]

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NEWSCORE - Drug-maker Abbott Laboratories is taking its obesity drug Meridia off the US market following the release of data that shows it increased the [...]

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(RTTNews) - Abbott Laboratories (ABT: News ), Friday said it has agreed with the US Food and Drug Administration to pull out its weight-loss drug Meridia [...]

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The FDA has requested that pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories withdraw its weight loss drug Meridia from the market and Abbott has agreed to comply, [...]

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The Food and Drug Administration said on Oct 8 on its website it has requested Abbott laboratories to withdraw its obesity drug Meridia or sibutramine [...]

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Taipei, Oct. 9 (CNA) Pharmaceutical firms have been ordered to recall slimming capsules, including Meridia, which contain the substance sibutramine, [...]

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Now the FDA's ax has fallen on Abott's obesity drug Meridia for its risk of increasing heart attack and stroke. Abott is completely pulling the drug from [...]

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An older diet drug is also coming under review, Meridia, made by Abbot Laboratories, which has been available since 1997. The drug was pulled from shelves [...]

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Meridia Withdraw Abbott will withdraw the diet drug Meridia pursuant to the [...] Lipitor Recall A recall has been issued by Pfizer for 191000 bottles. [...]

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It is manufactured and marketed by Abbott Laboratories, under brand names such as Reductil, Meridia and Sibutrex. In Korea, 56 products using the chemical [...]

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Abbot Laboratories voluntarily removed its weight loss drug Meridia (Sibutramine) from the market at the request of the US Food Drug and Administration [...]

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CBS NewsHealth authorities recall weight-loss drug MeridiaAsiaOneHealth authorities in Taiwan have ordered a recall of Meridia and all other weight-loss drugs. [...]