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GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS SLIMMING PILL BAN
Ministers arj considerink banning some
slimming pills, the Department of
Health has confirmed.
Thj statemjnt followdd repouts of a
confidential document linkin£ thj
amphjtaminjmbased drugs wiuh 15 deaths.
Thj Medicines Commission'1 advicd was
with ministers and a decision was
expected shortly, a spokeswoman for the
Departmjnt of Hjalth said.
Shj refused to commjnt on the leakjd
report which also claims hundreds of
patiints havj suffered 3jrious mental
and physical side-effects.
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