A weight-loss product that was being marketed on social media is believed to have been a major factor in the death of a Nuevo León woman. 
 
 Lucero Priscila Garza Campos, 24, was taken off a ventilator Saturday night after doctors declared she was brain dead. 
 
 Garza was suffering from severe headaches when she was admitted Monday to a private medical facility in Monterrey, where she was diagnosed with cerebral edema. On Wednesday she suffered cardiorespiratory arrest and went into a coma from which she never recovered. 
 
 During the past month Garza had been taking Avitia Cobrax, a weight-loss product sold on Facebook through a page that has since been removed. 
 
 The physicians who cared for Garza agreed that the product had been a major factor in the rapid deterioration of her health and her death. 
 
 It appears that Avitia Cobrax was previously sold under the brand names Thermatrim and Pura Alegría, which were both declared illegal by the health protection agency Cofepris. 
 
 The agency said it will determine whether Avitia Cobrax is the same product being offered under a new name and identify where it is being produced and distributed. 
 
 It said the manufacturers operate by changing their location and renaming the product so they can continue selling their “garbage.” 
 
 The products cause excessive sweating, so their vendors recommend drinking lots of water. What they don’t warn customers is that the electrolytes lost in sweating are not easily replenished by simply drinking water. 
 
 Many consumers of the products have reported fainting, hot flashes, trouble resting, headaches, nausea and a general state of nervousness. 
 
 A cousin of Garza urged anyone consider taking weight loss products obtain medical advice first. 
 
 Information about Garza’s case has been widely shared on Facebook, where commenters have shared prayers and health advice alike. Marco Antonio González, Garza’s husband, told the newspaper Reforma that “[social] networks have been the best . . . [people] have sent many prayers, lots of good vibes . . . everything is to give [Garza] more light.” 
 
 The victim’s wish to lose weight followed a pregnancy last year that left her slightly overweight. So she spent 1,200 pesos to purchase Avitia Cobrax, advertised as using 100% natural products to burn off fat, and succeeded in losing seven kilograms in just 10 days. 
 
 She leaves her husband and a one-year-old daughter. 
 
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 Alexis Shapiro, 12, of Cibolo, Texas, is likely to get life-saving obesity surgery within eight weeks after military health insurance officials reversed a decision denying the operation because they said she was too young. Ilana Panich-Linsman / for NBC News 
 
 A 12-year-old Texas girl who gained more than 140 pounds after a rare complication following brain surgery will have a weight-loss operation covered by U.S. military health insurance, her mother said Friday. 
 
 Alexis Shapiro could be scheduled for gastric bypass surgery within eight weeks, after TRICARE, the military insurer, reversed an earlier decision to deny the surgery because the girl was too young. 
 
 "I couldn't ask for anything more," said Jenny Shapiro, 34, of Cibolo, Texas. "I'm just so happy." 
 
 NBC News couldn't immediately reach TRICARE representatives, but Jenny Shapiro said that a case manager called her with the news late Friday. The reversal came less than a week after NBC News first reported the story. 
 
 In the meantime, well-wishers donated more than $78,000 to an online fund to help the girl, who suffers from a rare disorder that makes her gain massive amounts weight even as her body thinks it's starving. 
 
 The problem started in 2011 after Alexis, then a normal 9-year-old, had surgery to remove a rare benign brain tumor, which wound up damaging her hypothalamus and pituitary gland, two organs that regulate weight and appetite. 
 
 Since then, she's gained at least two pounds a week, climbing to nearly 200 pounds on 4-foot-7 frame, despite strict diet and exercise. At times, her parents have had to padlock kitchen cupboards because of her severe food cravings caused by the disorder. 
 
 Dr. Thomas Inge, a pediatric obesity expert at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, says that gastric bypass surgery will stop the weight gain, help Alexis lose her extra weight and curb the food cravings. 
 
 Jenny Shapiro emphasized her gratitude for the donations and said the money would pay for medical expenses not covered by insurance and for travel from Texas to Ohio. Any remaining will be used to help other children with similar problems, she said. 
 
 "I just want to do what's right for everybody," she added. 
 
 JoNel Aleccia is a senior health reporter with NBC News. Reach her on Twitter at JoNel_Aleccia or send her an email.
– Mexican health agencies are on the hunt for the manufacturer of a weight loss drug sold online after a young mother went into a coma and died after ingesting it. Per Mexico News Daily, Lucero Priscila Garza Campos, 24, had been taking Avitia Cobrax for a month before she went to the doctor to complain of severe headaches. She was admitted and diagnosed with cerebral edema. Two days later, she experienced cardiac arrest and went into a coma. Garza was taken off life support later that week when her doctors declared her brain dead. Her doctors say the pills, marketed as a natural weight loss remedy, were a major contributor to her death. The drug’s social media pages and stores have since been taken down. Garza found Avitia Cobrax online while looking for a natural remedy to help lose weight gained during her pregnancy with her now 1-year-old daughter, reports the Independent. She spent $65 on the pills and lost 15 pounds over 10 days. Marketing descriptions claim that the product uses heat to “reduce the percentage of body fat without reducing muscle.” Two drugs using similar ingredients were banned by state health agency Cofepris, which is investigating whether the same manufacturer is rebranding the drug under new names. Following Garza’s death, the agency warned against the dangers of drugs sold online, tweeting (translated), "Medicines sold online and on the street are a risk to your #health. Buy them in legal establishments." (In the US, the FDA approved a new weight loss pill for the first time in 13 years).