The Food Safety Authority (Ministry of Health) has just issued a decision to recall products that do not ensure food safety for Hoang Gia coffee supplements. The product is self-proclaimed and manufactured by Thinh Viet Pharma Pharmaceutical Research and Development Co., Ltd (Kim Son commune, Son Tay town, Hanoi). The unit responsible for and distributing products is Hoang Gia Phat Cosmetics Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (Hang Tram town, Yen Thuy district, Hoa Binh province).
The Food Safety Department has requested the above enterprises to recall products, and at the same time, requested the People’s Committee of Yen Thuy district and the police station of Yen Thuy district, Hoa Binh province to inspect and supervise the compliance of the joint stock company. Hoang Gia Phat pharmaceutical and cosmetic part.
The Food Safety and Hygiene Sub-Department of Hanoi city and the Department of Health/ Food Safety Management Board/ Food Safety and Hygiene Sub-Departments of provinces and cities inspect and supervise the circulation of food supplement products with Royal Coffee.
Before that, in March, Bach Mai Hospital received a 37-year-old female patient, residing in Gia Lam district, Hanoi for emergency treatment in a coma and convulsion after 4 days of drinking Hoang Gia coffee to lose weight.
According to the patient’s account, after giving birth to the third child, the patient gained a lot of weight, affecting his physique, so he bought weight loss coffee to drink. When drinking to the 3rd day, she felt tired, had difficulty breathing, on the 4th day, after 15 minutes of drinking, she had difficulty breathing, cold, and thirsty. The body temperature dropped suddenly, had to turn on the fan and put on a cotton blanket to still feel cold. Finally, she fell into a state of unconsciousness (external manifestations are body convulsions, foaming at the mouth, urinary incontinence).
The patient was taken to the District Hospital by family members and then transferred directly to Bach Mai Hospital in a state of lethargy, severe hyponatremia, the CT scan results began to show brain damage.
Fortunately, after being admitted to the hospital, the patient received emergency resuscitation and timely respiratory support, so his condition gradually improved. After 10 days of treatment, up to now, the patient’s health has gradually recovered.
The examination results of the Institute of Forensic Medicine showed that the weight loss coffee the patient used contained sibutramine, a toxin that has been banned by the Ministry of Health from being used in modern medicines and functional foods because of its dangerous effects. to user health.
TS.BS Nguyen Trung Nguyen, Director of the Anti-Poison Center, Bach Mai Hospital, said that sibutramine has many toxicity and side effects, the risk of cardiovascular events, especially stroke and myocardial infarction. .
The doctor recommends that losing weight for beauty is a legitimate need of everyone, especially for women. However, women should not believe in advertisements with weight loss effects such as “panacea”, look to floating products, unknown origin and quality on the market to receive consequences for health. , even life-threatening.
People need to be examined and consulted, evaluated by doctors, adjusted their diet and exercise appropriately to lose weight. When medication is needed, a nutritionist or internist will officially prescribe it, monitoring its safe use.
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