What Is Rimonabant?
Rimonabant is a nervous system stimulant causing nerve stimulation, elevation of blood pressure and a rapid heartbeat. Originally named Acomplia in Europe, this product was developed for those looking to end their addiction to smoking and for those with a severe weight loss need due to obesity or morbid obesity. This is a product that has been produced by the same makers of the successful prescription products Ambien (a sleep aid) and Allegra (an anti-allergen). It should be noted when a manufacturer has a history of quality products. It could mean that they have a solid research and development team and that is sadly not always the case.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States has never approved this product for sale in the U.S. but the manufacturers of this product assure us that there is a patent pending. Patents are not the same as FDA approval, just for the record. Many of the countries where this product was originally approved for sale have since banned it citing the potential costs of Rimonabant outweigh the benefits.
Sanofi-Aventis has since suspended the making of Rimonabant, but they held out for an extended period of time, and some have accused them of actually holding back negative study results, including severe depression in many cases in one study and at least one suicide. Previously named side effects included frequent and severe cases of depression, development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, dependence, impairment of short term memory, etc.
Rimonabant is a product that we just can’t give the thumbs up. This product has a frightening list of possible side effects. None of these are commonplace in the weight loss pill industry and should be recognized as severe and unnecessary potential harms. You would be much better off finding a less invasive weight loss aid. We do not recommend Rimonabant under any circumstances.
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