Synthetic stimulants found in weight-loss supplement: study.

USA Today (5/12, Young) reported researchers have discovered “a ‘cocktail of synthetic stimulants’” in a US-made “Dexaprine weight-loss supplements,” citing test results published recently in scientific journal Drug Testing and Analysis. The scientists found the stimulants while probing “a series of health problems experienced by Dutch consumers.” The paper noted that “health officials in the Netherlands have issued alerts since last summer about Dexaprine products after consumers reported effects including nausea, agitation, palpitations and one cardiac arrest.” However, no such alerts have been sent out in the US, the article pointed out.