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Deadly health risk from toxic diet pills
When people want to lose weight, they often try different methods to get rid of their pounds. Most sufferers rely on a healthier diet, sports or diets. In public, however, many "miracle drugs" are advertised, which should make it easy and fast to lose weight. Now in the UK, a young woman has died from illegal diet pills.
Especially among teenagers and young people, the use of pills to lose weight is widespread. Some of these products do not have a proper license and are still freely available on the Internet. More often, doctors warned that the ingredients and side effects could be harmful in the worst case. After the death of a young woman, these warnings have now been confirmed.
Diet pills can at worst have deadly side effects. (Image: BillionPhotos.com/fotolia.com) Toxic di-nitrophenol in illegal diet
Physicians from West Sussex in the UK investigated the death of a 25-year-old woman, and it was found that Rachael Cook died of a lethal dose of toxic di-nitrophenol (DNP). The woman suffered from eating disorders and had diet pills with "DNP". Their death could be a "random consequence" of taking, the doctors suspected to British media. The pressure on teens and young people to always be slim and attractive is great. When normal weight loss methods do not work, many resort to drastic measures. For this reason, "miracle drugs" such as diet pills on the Internet usually sell very well. British medical experts now warned that diet pills are not the way to achieve weight loss success. Young people should consider the potential deadly consequences of taking such "poison pills". There is no need for more families to lose a young person to such a painful and unnecessary death, the doctors added.
Already 5 dead by DNP
The 25-year-old woman's medical team found out that Rachael Cook had taken the slimming ingredient dinitrophenol (DNP). DNP is a poison and can cause fatal toxicity, British doctors said. The drug is marketed as a "slimming product", "fat burner" and dietary supplement and is freely available on the internet. Already in October, "Public Health England" warned of the toxic substance. Since January 2007, 24 cases of DNP poisoning have been observed in the UK. Five of them ended with those affected. Three of the cases took place in 2013 alone. In 2014, a decline was observed, but this year, the numbers had risen again, the doctors said in a statement. Mostly teenagers and young people use pills containing DNP to lose weight.
Interpol warns in front of DNP in 190 countries
DNP is not a licensed drug, DNP is an industrial chemical that is absolutely inedible to humans, the British medical community said. It is illegal to use the substance in food. One of the dangers of DNP is that it speeds up your metabolism dangerously fast. Accelerating our metabolism can result in burning fat. But DNP can cause a number of dangerous side effects and have fatal consequences. Individuals using such "DNP pills" should be concerned about the effects and stop using the products, one of the investigating magistrates warned. The poisonous substance can also be obtained as a powder. The unlicensed substance is not subject to any controls and has been linked to several previous deaths around the world. Interpol warned in 190 countries worldwide in May this year about the industrial chemical that is not suitable for human consumption.