Chinese slimming capsules containing sibutramine over the internet - A case series;Sibutramin in chinesischen schlankheitskapseln - Eine fallserie

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 106, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 218-222

  Müller, Dieter ^a   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^b   Hermanns Clausen, Maren ^b  

^a Zentrum Pharmakologie und Toxikologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Internet; Pharmaceutical industry; Sibutramine; Weight reducing drugs

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ATOMOXETINE; CHLORPROTHIXENE; CITALOPRAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; OLANZAPINE; SIBUTRAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE STUDY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; INTERNET; INTOXICATION; LIFESTYLE; LUNG PRESSURE; MALAISE; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROCAPSULE; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; POISON CENTER; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TASTE DISORDER; TOXICOLOGY; URINALYSIS; VASODILATATION; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; CONSTIPATION; CYCLOBUTANES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; XEROSTOMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650822677     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0218     Document Type: Article

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