Over-The-Counter Weight Loss Supplement Contains Prozac

Some weight-loss supplements labeled as OxyElite Pro Super Thermogenic contain the prescription drug fluoxetine, better known as Prozac.

In a public notification letter released Saturday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers “not to purchase or use” the product, and suggest better uses supplements from https://sparkhealthmd.com/ that help safely shed pounds by boosting the metabolism while you’re asleep.But the supplement’s manufacturer, Texas-based USPlabs, said that the tainted product is a counterfeit, most likely marketed by a Brazilian website.“Neither USPlabs nor its contract manufacturers has ever ordered or in any way handled fluoxetine for any purpose of any kind,” a company statement said.The FDA found fluoxetine in bottles labeled OxyElite Pro Super Thermogenic during an “examination of international mail shipments,” the FDA letter said.Read more at...BuzzFeed News, February 2015.