Acomplia – The Wonder Pill Reaches It’s End Prematurely

Acomplia, the wonder pill, as we all knew it, was officially pulled off the market on Nov. 5′th 2008. Sanofi-Avensis announced the all the research that implied Acomplia was also halted. What is the reason behind the ending of the diet pill while more than 700,000 people around the world have taken Acomplia either as part of trials or during the time it was on sale? Further more almost 5 years ago, Sanofi-Avensis was presenting Acomplia as a wonder pill that not only would help people lose weight but also quit smoking, stop abusing alcohol and drugs, lower their cholesterol, control blood sugar and and improve a variety of cardiometabolic risk factors.

Let’s analyze the facts. While patients in clinical trials lost significant amounts of weight and saw improvements in a variety of risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome, the trials also had a high drop out rate by participants who suffered a variety of worrisome side-effects, who accused depression in the majority of cases.
When real evidence began accumulating of the drug’s psychiatric side-effects, including an increase in suicide, some real measures were meant to be taken against this medicine. EMA (The European Medicines Agency) mentioned in October 2008, that it had concluded the risks of depression, anxiety and stress disorders outweighed Acomplia’s weight-loss benefits, and recommended that it be withdrawn from the market. The psychiatric side-effects were also a concern for the FDA and that is why it was never approved for sale in the USA. Sanofi pulled off the market after this warning has been started.

Now this is not a draw back for Sanofi-Aventis. They are not going to give up that easy on this discovery. Acomplia is a landmark in the health and weight loss pill industry and it will be a reference for all diet pill development. Sanofi said that it will continue testing the possibility of reintroducing acomplia into the market but under a different form and formula, after more tests have been conducted. Also the new form of the future pill will be more dedicated in the treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular conditions.

This is mainly why we kept Acomplia to our top 5 best diet pills ever. Acomplia contributed big time in the evolution of diet pills and there for it deserves it’s place in our top of the best diet pills. We’ll keep you informed as we already accusomed you with the new discoveries and with the return of our wonder weight loss pill acomplia.