                                                    


Slimming Capsule 60 Pills (ʺ1 Day Dietʺ), a weight loss drug containing 

sibutramine.  Sibutramine is a Schedule IV stimulant that was withdrawn from 

the market in October 2010 by the Food and Drug Administration (the ʺFDAʺ) 

because its association with cardiovascular risks and strokes outweighed its 

limited weight loss value.  Prior to the FDAʹs removal of sibutramine from the 

market, it was only available to consumers with a doctorʹs prescription.  After its 

removal, the FDA advised physicians to stop prescribing sibutramine and to 

advise patients to cease its consumption due to its risks, including ʺmajor 

adverse cardiovascular events.ʺ1   

                      At the time of his purchase, Nicosia did not know that 1 Day Diet 

contained sibutramine and he did not have a doctorʹs prescription.  Sibutramine 

was not listed as an ingredient on Amazonʹs website or on the 1 Day Diet 

packaging, and Amazon sold the product without requiring a prescription.  It 

was only revealed in November 2013 by the FDA that 1 Day Diet contained 

sibutramine.   

                      Amazon has since stopped selling 1 Day Diet but never notified 

Nicosia that 1 Day Diet contained the stimulant or offered to refund his 
                                              
           1U.S. Food & Drug Administration, FDA Drug Safety Communication:  FDA 
Recommends Against the Continued Use of Meridia (sibutramine) (Oct. 8, 2010), 
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm228746.htm. 


                       A CHINESE zoo's supposed "African lion" has been exposed as a fraud when the dog used as a substitute started barking.

The zoo in the People's Park of Luohe, in the central province of Henan, replaced exotic exhibits with common species, according to the state-run Beijing Youth Daily.

It quoted a customer surnamed Liu who wanted to show her son the different sounds animals made - but he pointed out that the animal in the cage labelled "African lion" was barking.



The beast was in fact a Tibetan mastiff - a large and long-haired breed of dog.



"The zoo is absolutely cheating us," the paper quoted Liu, who was charged 15 yuan ($2.70) for the ticket, as saying. "They are trying to disguise the dogs as lions."



Three other species housed incorrectly included