Sibutramine users to face jail terms under amended rules

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Sibutramine users to face jail terms under amended rules

 

 

BANGKOK, 24 September 2018 (NNT) - Sibutramine, a substance found in some weight-loss products and food supplements, has been reclassified as a Schedule 1 psychotropic substance, with the heaviest penalties for not only producers and sellers but also users, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 

Users of products containing this substance will face a jail term up to three years and/or a fine up to 60,000 baht, according to an FDA statement. 

Producers, importers or exporters of the products containing the substance will face a jail term of 5-20 years and a fine from 500,000 to two million baht. 

Sellers of the products containing it are subjected to imprisonment of 4-20 years and a fine from 400,000 to two million baht, it said. 

FDA deputy secretary-general, Poonlarp Chanthavichitwong, said sibutramine works as an appetite suppressant by altering neurotransmitters within the brain and the FDA has still found it in some weight-loss products and food supplements sold in the Thai market. 

Due to its fatal side effects on those with heart and coronary conditions, European countries banned it in 1990. In Thailand, it was banned in 2010. 

However, the substance is still found in the Thai market, prompting the FDA to reclassify it in the most dangerous group. 

Dr Poonlarp warned food supplements could not help people lose weight. An advertisement that a food supplement can cure diseases, help people lose weight or have medicinal properties should be viewed with suspicions as they may contain medicines, which means users can suffer from the side effects, which can be fatal, he said. 

He urged consumers who have seen such products sold to contact the FDA through its 1556 hotline or Oryor Smart mobile app. 

Schedule 1 psychotropic substances are those that have the least medicinal properties but are most prone to abuse. They carry the heaviest penalties among all four schedules. Others in this schedule include cathinone, etryptamine, mescaline, methcathinone, psilocin, psilocybin, dihydrogen phosphate and tetrahydrocannabinol.

 

-- nnt 2018-09-24

 

[robblok]

I have used this in the past (did not work good for me) but to punish users is crazy.. In no way can you get high from this. They should punish sellers not users. This stuff is dangerous for people with certain conditions but not for everyone. I understand why it has been pulled, but as it gives NO high.. is not addictive and only damages the person itself.. why punish users when you should punish distributors. 

[Pedrogaz]

This is a stupid response to a non-problem. Just ban the stuff. No need for jail terms or fines. The world has gone mad. Whatever happened to freedom?

[Lupatria]

And at the other end of the couch someone said this hocus pocus herbal cancer cure is legal.

[Artisi]

1 minute ago, Pedrogaz said:

This is a stupid response to a non-problem. Just ban the stuff. No need for jail terms or fines. The world has gone mad. Whatever happened to freedom?

have you forgotten where you are and who is currently in control ????

[Falcon]

As long as a product is making the government money, it’s oerfectly acceptable (cigarettes, alcohol) but when it comes down to private people and companies making a little something and the government getting nothing from it, they want to start fining and imprisoning the seller/user. Rediculous but happening all over the world unfortunately, not just in Thailand.

[dickjones2018]

52 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

And at the other end of the couch someone said this hocus pocus herbal cancer cure is legal.

but chemo does cure ? lol... it destroys your immune system ... people killing cancer cells every single day, thank your immune system... almost as free GARLIC boosts your immune system...hocus pocus ?

 

ever been to a pharmacy ? they have many herbal cures for many ailments

[connda]

Here we go again.  Jail the end-user.  Maybe Thailand can boost their jail populations another 10% with weight-loss pill users if they can develop a piss-test to detect Sibutramine in urine.  No doubt the BIB will be stationed around the country demanding that fat people pee in a cup for testing. 
Making criminals out of otherwise good citizens? 

<head shake>    How daft can the elites be?

[Lupatria]

49 minutes ago, dickjones2018 said:

but chemo does cure ? lol... it destroys your immune system ... people killing cancer cells every single day, thank your immune system... almost as free GARLIC boosts your immune system...hocus pocus ?

 

ever been to a pharmacy ? they have many herbal cures for many ailments

In a next theme related reply post, without bringing chemo in, you may like the idea sending me selfies with your food, or cat photos.????

[BigT73]

this makes thailand officially 8-10 years behind the rest of the world.  Good to see them being proactive as most endusers will use anything to achieve their goals regardless of health.  They should fine the seller I doubt everyone will get this memo.

[CLW]

This is the same crazy move as to ban ephedrine products from regular pharmacies.
Who are the people deciding this rubbish?

[Artisi]

7 hours ago, connda said:

Here we go again.  Jail the end-user.  Maybe Thailand can boost their jail populations another 10% with weight-loss pill users if they can develop a piss-test to detect Sibutramine in urine.  No doubt the BIB will be stationed around the country demanding that fat people pee in a cup for testing. 
Making criminals out of otherwise good citizens? 

<head shake>    How daft can the elites be?

About as daft as they demonstrate continuously... 

[MyFriend You]

On 9/24/2018 at 2:27 AM, robblok said:

I have used this in the past (did not work good for me) but to punish users is crazy.. In no way can you get high from this. They should punish sellers not users. This stuff is dangerous for people with certain conditions but not for everyone. I understand why it has been pulled, but as it gives NO high.. is not addictive and only damages the person itself.. why punish users when you should punish distributors. 

My dietician put me on it for 2 weeks, and after a couple days, my penis shrunk so small I had to sit down to pee  -  I flushed them down the toilet..........luckily everything came back to normal after a few more days...........never again, I lost weight the old fashion way.  Will Power.  I can see why they call it a psychotropic - first night - I stared at the television screen for a couple hours, and couldn't remember what I had watched..........then the other thing happened................

[robblok]

3 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

My dietician put me on it for 2 weeks, and after a couple days, my penis shrunk so small I had to sit down to pee  -  I flushed them down the toilet..........luckily everything came back to normal after a few more days...........never again, I lost weight the old fashion way.  Will Power.  I can see why they call it a psychotropic - first night - I stared at the television screen for a couple hours, and couldn't remember what I had watched..........then the other thing happened................

Those certainly were not my problems, my problems were different. I just could not sleep good. It caused insomnia but not because of strange dreams or anything. Just woke up.