Miracle Pills
Tuesday, 12th September 2006
O.k. this is too much for me, a couple of weeks ago, when I arrived home, I had found the usual spam in my mailbox (physical, not electronic); but also it was a bag with a couple of pills inside.
The so called “Nopaesbelt”, cures obesity, diabetes and “cholesterol” (so cholesterol is a disease?)
It also works for constipation.
It’s incredible that here in Mexico, the Department of Health, doesn’t have right rules in order to limit this miracle products. I’m sick and tired of seeing complications in patients by taking this miracle products. What can we do to stop this?
Palmdoc
Tuesday, 12th September 2006 at 4:45 pm
What can we do about it? Blog!! ;)
I have a Fraud Watch category specifically for my rants against this sort of thing:
http://medicine.com.my/wp/?cat=18
Dorothy
Wednesday, 13th September 2006 at 12:05 am
This struck me a lot. An awful reality most of us don`t know about it. Thaks to the author and be careful.
JonMikel, M.D.
Wednesday, 13th September 2006 at 10:20 am
Palmdoc:
I agree with you, if the government can’t do anything. We will do, and blog about it.
Thank you for your visit and your kind comment.
JonMikel, M.D.
Wednesday, 13th September 2006 at 10:23 am
Dorothy:
We have to be extremely careful with this products. Sometimes it could be dangerous use this kind of products.
Thanks for your visit and your comment.
Felixe
Tuesday, 31st October 2006 at 12:39 am
There’s also Quackwatch. I read about them today in Wired. It would be good to have something similar for Mexico. It’s a real need.
Itziar
Wednesday, 6th August 2008 at 7:49 am
NOPAESBELT is not a miracle product it is made simply of nopal and it doesnt harm your body in anyway as it is not a drug and doesnt have any chemicals in it, it is a 100% natural product they even sell it in supermarkets (WALMART) without prescription cause it actually do helps with constipation.
High cholesterol if not a disease is a condition that in the long run can cause you a stroke, so yeah i would say it is a disiease indeed. THis pills help a little bit to level the cholesterol in your body.
But what it truly helps with as it is made of: nopal fiber, magnesium and lactose is with constipation problems.
This is a very unharmful product there are other products used for constipation that are sold without prescription and you can damage your kidney by taking them such as: Magnesium milk which is Melox used to control acidic feeling, burnning chest and as a laxative too.