News Articles
The following articles printed in newspapers have reported the unapproved nature and potential risks of this new drug.
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Mar-08 Some Australian cosmetic doctors are injecting clients with a medically untested fat-busting substance to melt away love handles, thunder thighs and man boobs—a procedure that is facing bans overseas and has been linked to serious... (Read More) |
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Mar-08 Singapore's Ministry of Health has warned patients against doctors peddling unproven beauty treatments ranging from drug cocktails said to dissolve fat to anti-ageing injections, a published report said Wednesday... (Read More) |
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Feb-08 Senator's Bill Would Ban Fat Dissolving Procedure--Dissolving away fat with a cosmetic procedure called LipoDissolve may not be safe or effective (Read More) |
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Jan-08 Fat-dissolving procedure targeted for regulation--Doctors would be prohibited from administering certain substances aimed at dissolving fat... (Read More) |
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Jan-08 Lipodissolve firm files for bankruptcy--A suburban St. Louis Company that provided fat-dissolving injections has sought bankruptcy.. (Read more) |
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Jan-08 BBB warns consumers of weight-loss schemes--The Better Business Bureau of Greater Cleveland has issued an alert warning consumers to watch for several types of services... (Read more) |
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Dec-07 Lipodissolve company shuts down 17 offices--A suburban St. Louis-based chain that provided fat-reduction procedures has shut down... (Read more) |
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Dec-07 Kansas Board approves limits on fat-melting treatment--Kansas regulators on Friday passed new rules for physicians who administer Lipodissolve, a fat melting treatment... (Read more) |
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Dec-07 Fig. shuts down operations--Fig., formerly known as Advanced Lipodissolve, has shut down its operations across the country and laid off its employees... (Read more) |
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Dec-07 Weighing in on lypolysis--Lipodissolve, mesotherapy, 'lunchtime lipo.' The injectable surgical alternative has many names, many patients--and many critics... (Read more) |
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Dec-07 Procedure melts fat away--Responding to a recent ad, Tammy Connor decided to try lipodissolve, an increasing popular and contraversial fat-melting technique... (Read more) |
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Nov-07 Kansas Healing Arts to consider tighter Lipodissolve regulations--A proposal to tighten the regulation of a controversial drug treatment that breaks up body fat is scheduled... (Read more) |
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Oct-07 Lipo-dissolve procedure lacks long-term data--One of the most recent medical procedures to receive public attention is lipo-dissolve... (Read more) |
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Oct-07 At Fig., growth comes with stretch marks--Despite Fig's blistering growth rate and recent injection of $10 million in venture capital, executives and customers... (Read more) |
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Oct-07 They said I was going to be beautiful by summer--The Business Journal spoke with several women who filed complaints against Fig. with the Better Business Bureau... (Read more) |
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Sept-07 Kansas backs away from Lipodissolve restrictions--State regulators are backing away from what were the nation's first restrictions on a fat-melting treatment... (Read more) |
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Sept-07 Feeling Pudgy? There's a Shot for That--Controversial new procedures in cosmetic medicine, like genital rejuvenation or buttock implant surgery, tend to take hold on the West or East Coasts and then move inland... (Read more) |
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Sept-07 Lipodissolve proved popular despite lack of FDA nod--Many people celebrate their 50th birthday with a blowout party or an exotic trip... (Read more) |
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Aug-07 Kansas State Board of Healing Arts outlaws Lipodissolve except in drug trials--The KSBHA today outlawed the use of Lipodissolve unless it is authorized by a physician... (Read more) |
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Jul-07 Lipodissolve injections are popular--but are they safe? Everyone has an inch of flab to pinch or grab. But what if you could melt the extra belly jelly with a series... (Read more) |
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Jun-07 Popular treatment that aims to melt fat draws scrutiny. The rise of cosmetic fat-busting injections, called lipodissolve, is spurring warnings from doctors... (Read more) |
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Jun-07 Can Shots Safely Melt Away Fat?--Beauty sometimes demands toughness, as many women discover, but Suzanne Thomas had never imagined she would agree... (Read more) |