NHS approves drug banned in America: Slimming pill ruled out by U.S. doctors over suicide risk - Daily Mail 24th June 2008

A weight-loss drug banned in the U.S. over fears it can heighten the risk of suicide has been given the go-ahead in Britain. Acomplia will be available to overweight or obese patients who cannot take, or who have had no success with, the two other weight-loss drugs available on the Health Service. But a series of scientific studies have raised concerns that it can induce suicidal thoughts in those already suffering from depression.

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