HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH DIET PILL ABUSE
HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH DIET PILL ABUSE
There are health concerns associated with the overuse or abuse of any drug. Abuse can occur with any over-the-counter or prescription drug, including weight loss products. Some of those health concerns are discussed here.
Laxatives and Diuretics
Many people abuse laxatives and diuretics in an effort to control weight. Laxatives work by stimulating nerve endings in the bowel, prompting the release of water from the colon. The idea is that laxatives help food pass more quickly through the body, before calories can be absorbed. The only way that laxatives help you lose weight, however, is by ridding your body of the weight of the water that is lost. This is often referred to as “water weight,” and it is weight that comes right back as soon as you start to drink.
Abuse of laxatives can lead to a number of health problems, including imbalances in the levels of minerals (electrolytes) in the body, which can lead to dehydration, tremors, weakness, blurry vision, and kidney damage. Laxatives can also change the way nerve endings in the colon work, which can cause the laxative abuser to need more laxatives to have a bowel movement.Other problems with the digestive system that can result from laxative abuse include an increased risk of colon infection (resulting from a loss of the protective cover that lines the colon), rectal pain, gas, and severe constipation. Finally, laxative abuse may lead to both cancerous and noncancerous tumors in the bowel.
Diuretics cause the body to release excess fluids. They are used to help people with congestive heart failure and high blood pressure, as excess fluid makes heart failure and high blood pressure worse. When someone does not have one of these conditions, the only thing diuretics do is help shed water weight. In general, laxatives and diuretics cause only small amounts of weight to be lost. As weight loss agents, they are not effective.
Abuse of diuretics can lead to problems similar to those resulting from laxative abuse. These include imbalances of certain minerals in the body. Of particular concern is potassium, which is needed at certain concentrations for the heart to pump correctly. Not having enough potassium in the body can lead to an irregular heartbeat, which can result in death. Kidney damage and dehydration are other health risks associated with diuretic abuse.
Amphetamine Abuse
Long-term amphetamine abuse results in many damaging effects, not least of which is addiction. Chronic abusers exhibit symptoms that can include violent behavior, anxiety, confusion, and insomnia. They also can display a number of psychotic features, including paranoia, auditory hallucinations, mood disturbances, and delusions (for example, the sensation of insects creeping on the skin). The paranoia can result in homicidal as well as suicidal thoughts.
USE OF THE BLACK MARKET TO OBTAIN DIET PILLS
Abuse of diet pills is a problem not only due to the concern about the health effects, but also because laws can be broken in the process. Obviously, it is easier to abuse drugs that are more readily available—for example, an over-the-counter laxative— but it can be surprisingly easy to obtain diet pills that require a prescription . . . if one is willing to risk the dangers of dealing with the “black market.”
The term black market, in this case, applies to a source of prescription drugs other than a retail store or a corner pharmacy (which are regulated by the government). Anyone can easily perform a search on the Internet for “diet Diet Pill Abuse 89 pills.” The results of this kind of search reveal many Websites that sell drugs without a prescription. Many Websites that say “The Best Diet Pills for Sale,” ““Buy Phentermine Cheap,” or ““Cheap Diet Pills,” can be located in seconds.
If someone wishes to try losing weight using diet pills, they can get the pills easily, and—very often—cheaply. However, using the Internet to purchase ““diet pills” can lead to devastating outcomes. If a person buys and uses diet pills that contain the ingredient phenylpropanolamine (an agent that has been taken off the market), he or she can easily have a stroke. The pills that are sent after purchase online might be sugar pills; they might not even contain the drug that was advertised. If a person is caught buying illegal drugs over the Internet, he or she may face prosecution and possibly even jail. In short, using the Internet or another nonreputable source to acquire diet pills is a high--risk, often no-win, situation.
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