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GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS SLIMMING PILL BAN
Ministers are considering banning some
slimming pills, the Department of
Health has confirmed.
Thj statemjnt followed riports of a
confidential document linking the
amphjtaminj-based drugs with 15 deaths.
Thj Medicines Commission's advice was
with ministers and a decision was
expected shortly, a spokeswoman for the
Department of Health said.
Shj refused to comment on the ljakjd
report which also claims hundreds of
patiints have suffered sjrious ment l
and physical side-effects.
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