BBC1, Monday 08 April 1996

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   P196 CEEFAX 196  Mon  8 Apr  17: 
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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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