Weight Loss Pills: Do they work?

I’ve been asked many times about the safety of taking a weight loss supplement (i.e. diet pill) when living with high blood pressure or taking blood pressure medication.

My answer doesn’t vary:

“I do not recommend diet pills – whether you have high blood pressure or not.

Many weight loss supplements contain “undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients”, frequently in levels exceeding FDA recommendations. These ingredients include drugs not approved in the U.S. These substances impact blood pressure and anti-seizure medications, diuretics, along with drugs linked to suicide, depression, and cancer.”

Not only can weight loss supplements lead to negative health consequences, they don’t typically work.
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