Every few years the drug companies release a new weight-loss pill that promises to help people lose weight effortlessly. The latest pill - Qnexa by Vivus - actually does work. During clinical trials, the average user lost 10.6 percent of their body weight. So what's the problem? Why didn't the advisory committee to the FDA give Qnexa their stamp of approval?
I'll take a quote from the New York Times article:
"The F.D.A. had five safety concerns that the panel spent most of the day
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