Dementia drugs may raise fainting risk

Another example of why you should not take diet pills.

"A class of drugs called cholinesterase inhibitors, commonly used to treat people with Alzheimer's disease, appear to increase the risk of fainting, Canadian and US researchers report.

"These drugs can sometimes slow the heart rate and provoke fainting," lead investigator Dr. Sudeep S. Gill explained. This "may then contribute to injuries related to fainting and falling, such as hip fractures."

Furthermore, if falls and fainting are not recognized as being drug-induced, he told Reuters Health, it may lead to unnecessary procedures 'such as insertion of permanent pacemakers, rather than simply stopping the offending drug.'"

These drugs are "commonly used" and they are just now discovering more problems associated with them.

You can rest assured that more problems will be found with the IMHO malpractice known as diet pills as time passes.

It is much better to lose the weight naturally than with pharmacologic intervention, especially since the pills do not work anyway.