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*''"[http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2002-01/24/content_251417.htm 怀疑服减肥药致死 广东查处“御芝堂清脂素”]"'', [[China News Service]] on [[Xinhua News Agency]], [[24 January]] [[2002]]
*''"[http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2002-01/24/content_251417.htm 怀疑服减肥药致死 广东查处“御芝堂清脂素”]"'', [[China News Service]] on [[Xinhua News Agency]], [[24 January]] [[2002]]
*''"[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDP/is_2003_Oct_6/ai_108553528 Singapore court awards actress S$900,000 in slimming pill case]"'', [[Kyodo News]], [[4 October]] [[2003]]
*''"[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDP/is_2003_Oct_6/ai_108553528 Singapore court awards actress S$900,000 in slimming pill case]"'', [[Kyodo News]], [[4 October]] [[2003]]

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Revision as of 19:07, 24 August 2008

Slim 10 (Chinese: 御芝堂; pinyin: Yuzhitang) was a popular dieting pill produced by Yuzhitang Health Products of Guangdong, People's Republic of China. In 2002, the product gained notoriety for cases of thyroid problems, liver failure, and deaths in Asia as a result of its consumption.[1][2][3]

The product label claimed that the ingredients contained only natural extracts,[4] and was originally cleared for sale by authorities.[5] It was tested and found containing fenfluramine and nicotinamide that was banned by authorities in several Asian countries that was previously not discovered, who then ordered the product to be pulled from their shelves and conduced criminal investigation.[6]

In Singapore, a high-profile liver failure of female actor Andrea De Cruz sent shockwaves across its local television industry, leading to a few lawsuits being filed.[7] One woman died after suffering from liver failure. De Cruz was saved from near death after receiving an emergency transplant from then-boyfriend (now husband) Pierre Png, who donated half of his liver.[8] Japan authorities reported four deaths resulting from the consumption of pill, and half of the 64 reported illnesses relating to liver or thyroid requiring hospitalization.[9][6]

Consequences of the product's side-effects highlighted the issue of Asian women being under immense societal pressure to lose weight at any costs, and its countries' review of regulations within the slimming and pharmaceuticals industries. [10] The manufacturer defended that the products linked to the incidents were the result of imitations.[1] Its company's manufacturing license was eventually revoked by the Chinese government after Slim 10 was linked to one of its own citizen's death.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chinese diet pill casualties mount", Cable News Network (staff/wires), 21 July 2002
  2. ^ "Asia's Killer Diet Pills", Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, TIME Magazine, 5 August 2002
  3. ^ "Diet pill linked to further deaths", BBC News, 19 July 2002
  4. ^ "Therapeutic Goods Administration News Issue 39", Therapeutic Goods Administration (Government of Australia), November 2002
  5. ^ "Sad tale of death, suffering and ethics", Seah Chiang Nee, Little Speck, 17 June 2002
  6. ^ a b "Deadly Diets - Asian Women Die After Taking Deadly Chinese Diet Pills", Kenji Hall, Associated Press for CBS News, 19 July 2002
  7. ^ "Singapore presenter sues over diet pill", BBC News, 26 June 2002
  8. ^ "Singapore star in diet pill suit", BBC News, 24 June 2003
  9. ^ "Diet pill alert hits Japan", BBC News, 12 July 2002
  10. ^ "Dying to be thin in Singapore", David Bottomley, BBC News, 10 June 2002
  11. ^ "China bans liver risk diet pill", BBC News, 13 July 2002

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