hydroxycut and belviq?

[SeekerofTruth]

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What are eveyone's thought's on these drugs? Do they actually work? Why is Walgreens and other stores selling drugs that aren't FDA approved (hydroxycut)?

 

[Ackj]

What are eveyone's thought's on these drugs? Do they actually work? Why is Walgreens and other stores selling drugs that aren't FDA approved (hydroxycut)?

Hydroxycut is not a drug. Look up "dietary supplement" and what power the FDA's has over these substances.

Belviq got FDA approval and is a drug so I hope no stores are "selling" it, but rather dispensing along with a proper RX. Although it hasn't hit the market yet anyway, so it shouldn't be dispensed either.

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[RedStarRx]

If they sell vitamins they can sell hydroxycut. FDA has little authority over it.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

What are eveyone's thought's on these drugs? Do they actually work? Why is Walgreens and other stores selling drugs that aren't FDA approved (hydroxycut)?

Belviq

1) Still not as good as diet/exercise.
2) Yes.
3) It is.

Hydroxycut

1) It's stupid.
2) No.
3) Because stupid people spend money on it.

 

[SeekerofTruth]

Pardon my mistake on calling hydroxycut a drug. If it is a dietary supplement, is there no better regulation over it? Why is hydroxycut allowed to be sold by claiming it helps with weightloss when it doesn't?

 

[owlegrad]

"These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA"

 

[hereticmnk]

Pardon my mistake on calling hydroxycut a drug. If it is a dietary supplement, is there no better regulation over it? Why is hydroxycut allowed to be sold by claiming it helps with weightloss when it doesn't?

FDA - Food and Drug administration

Hydroxycut- Not a drug

To the FDA's credit, they have tried multiple times to try and control these supplements but have met with harsh resistance. Supplements are not regulated by any agency. As long as they do no harm, they can be sold. They do not have to be efficacious.

 

[Ackj]

FDA - Food and Drug administration

Hydroxycut- Not a drug

To the FDA's credit, they have tried multiple times to try and control these supplements but have met with harsh resistance. Supplements are not regulated by any agency. As long as they do no harm, they can be sold. They do not have to be efficacious.

Well, Hydroxycut in particular has been reformulated a few times. Its magical blend of secret herbs and spices just happen to keep getting banned, so they have to pull it off the market until they work that out. It always comes back though. If you're a big fatty, it probably won't help you much, although I know a few bodybuilders who have gotten decent results.

 

[hereticmnk]

Well, Hydroxycut in particular has been reformulated a few times. Its magical blend of secret herbs and spices just happen to keep getting banned, so they have to pull it off the market until they work that out. It always comes back though. If you're a big fatty, it probably won't help you much, although I know a few bodybuilders who have gotten decent results.

Its just water weight loss anyway.The only thing that probably works in there is the caffeine component which makes you piss out water like crazy.Most OTC diet supplements are just simple diuretics.

 

[Ackj]

Its just water weight loss anyway.The only thing that probably works in there is the caffeine component which makes you piss out water like crazy.Most OTC diet supplements are just simple diuretics.

These guys were beyond water weight stage, think single digit bf%. Look into "EC stacking," where caffeine and ephedrine raise your body temperature so your basal caloric expenditure is higher, and it suppresses your appetite. Even though hydroxycut doesn't have ephedra anymore, I would imagine it has some similar stimulant effects.

 

[All4MyDaughter]

These guys were beyond water weight stage, think single digit bf%. Look into "EC stacking," where caffeine and ephedrine raise your body temperature so your basal caloric expenditure is higher, and it suppresses your appetite. Even though hydroxycut doesn't have ephedra anymore, I would imagine it has some similar stimulant effects.

It's pretty much just caffeine and junk now. Doesn't work nearly as well without the ephedra.

 

[hereticmnk]

These guys were beyond water weight stage, think single digit bf%. Look into "EC stacking," where caffeine and ephedrine raise your body temperature so your basal caloric expenditure is higher, and it suppresses your appetite. Even though hydroxycut doesn't have ephedra anymore, I would imagine it has some similar stimulant effects.

You are right. I was discounting the stimulant effect of those agents. But really, that would be a horrible way to lose weight. The CVD ADR's would far outweigh any benefit gained from weight loss. Anyway a lot of these agents now use Bitter Orange which is comparable to Ephedra. Idk if Hydroxycut uses it.

 

[ValeRx]

Belviq sucks. It will most likely be controlled due to euphoria and dissocation experienced by people taking supratherapeutic doses around 60mg... and the recommended dose is 10mg BID. Only a 3.3kg weight loss after one year. Not only that but it's a 5-HT2c agonist so if you're fat and depressed you probably shouldn't take this due to possible serotonin syndrome.

 

[amox]

The only people who regulate OTC items is USP. They ensure that the dose stated on the bottle is the actual dose in the OTC item. However companies do not have to use USP. Therefore when purchasing OTC products look for USP on the bottle.

Just because it says USP doesn't mean that you actually need it, and that it will work.

Eat a balanced diet and exercise. There is no magic pill.

 

[hereticmnk]

The only people who regulate OTC items is USP. They ensure that the dose stated on the bottle is the actual dose in the OTC item. However companies do not have to use USP. Therefore when purchasing OTC products look for USP on the bottle.

Just because it says USP doesn't mean that you actually need it, and that it will work.

Eat a balanced diet and exercise. There is no magic pill.

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