Weight Loss Everyday

On Monday, the company announced that “the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) joint Nonprescription Drugs and Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 11 to 3 to recommend approval of Orlistat 60 mg capsules for over-the-counter (OTC) use in the United States.” One more step — final approval from the FDA — is necessary before the drug can be sold without a prescription.

Of the hundreds of weight-loss pills and potions available for sale in the United States, none is currently approved by the FDA for over-the-counter sale as a diet treatment. But based on a January 23, 2006, press release from drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, this is about to change.

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