Redotex Pills: Ingredients, Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Reviews
What is Redotex?
Redotex is a Mexican combination weight-loss supplement that is not U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved. The weight-loss supplement is a mix of ingredients that includes a stimulant, a laxative, a thyroid hormone, and a tranquilizer.
Along with Redotex diet pills, Mexican doctors often also prescribe two drugs that are legal in the United States: Ponderex, an amphetamine used as an appetite suppressant, and Moduretic, a diuretic used to reduce high blood pressure.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates dietary supplements, including those promoted for weight loss, and has not approved Redotex pills for weight loss or any other indication. Like other dietary supplements, weight-loss supplements differ from over-the-counter or prescription medications in that the FDA does not classify them as drugs. Unlike drugs, dietary supplements do not require premarket review or approval by the FDA. Supplement manufacturers are responsible for determining that their products are safe and their label claims are truthful and not misleading. If the FDA finds a supplement to be unsafe, it may take enforcement action to remove the product from the market or ask the manufacturer to recall the product.
The FDA and the Federal Trade Commission can also take regulatory actions against manufacturers that make unsubstantiated weight-loss claims about their products. The FDA does not permit dietary supplements to contain pharmaceutical ingredients, and manufacturers may not promote dietary supplements to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
What are the ingredients in Redotex pills?
Each Redotex diet pill contains five ingredients that include: tri-iodothyronine 75 μg, atropine 0.36 mg, diazepam 8 mg, aloin 16 mg, and d-norpseudoephedrine 50 mg per tablet.
How Redotex pills work
The main ingredient in Redotex diet pills, according to the label, is d-norpsuedoephedrine, a stimulant and appetite suppressant that is commonly used in over-the-counter remedies for nasal and throat congestion and colds, and allergies in the U.S. and many other countries. But the dosage in Redotex diet pill is 50 milligrams per 500-milligram capsule as against 30 milligrams in the cold remedies. The ingredient is known to aggravate high blood pressure, a common ailment in overweight people. The other ingredients are triiodothyronine, a thyroid hormone that increases metabolic rate; atropine sulphate, a respiratory and circulatory stimulant; aloe, a laxative; and diazepam, a tranquilizer that is the main ingredient of Valium.
Are Redotex Pills Safe?
No, according to the F.D.A.’s regional office in Dallas the drug appeared to be effective as the average patient lost about 5 to 6 pounds a week with Redotex pills but it is not safe because studies have confirmed that the drug can cause clinical thyrotoxicosis a condition in which you have too much thyroid hormone in your body.
Thyrotoxicosis can lead to serious complications when not diagnosed and treated appropriately, including delirium, altered mental status, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, thromboembolic disease, cardiovascular collapse, and death
How to take Redotex pills
Available information on the dose of Redotex pills indicates that most patients usually take 1 to 2 tablets of Redotex daily for 6 weeks but Redotex pills are not safe so you should avoid taking them.
Are Redotex pills addictive?
Yes, Redotex pills are addictive because they contain Norpseudoephedrine as an appetite suppressant. Norpseudoephedrine also known as Cathine is a Schedule III drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances. In the United States, it is classified as a Schedule IV controlled substance. In Australia, Cathine is officially a schedule 4 drug prescription only, but is not available or approved for any medical use. Drugs containing highly addictive, amphetamines like Norpseudoephedrine are best to be avoided unless you don’t have other options.
What are the side effects of Redotex pills?
Many studies on the ingredients in Redotex have shown disappointing results, and many related drugs had to be withdrawn due to side effects or lack of a positive benefit-risk ratio, the side effects of Redotex pills include:
- Blurred vision
- Changes in sex drive or ability
- Confusion
- Constipation
- Decreased sweating
- Difficulty urinating
- Dizziness
- Drowsiness
- Dry eye
- Dry mouth
- Frequent urination
- Headache
- Intense abdominal pain
- Muscle weakness
- Nausea
- Nervousness
- Tiredness
- Trouble sleeping
- Visual sensitivity to light
- Vomiting
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of these symptoms, call your doctor immediately or get emergency medical treatment:
- loss of control of bodily movements
- uncontrollable shaking of a part of the body
- slurred speech
- slowed breathing and heartbeat
- Having a rapid heartbeat (tachycardia) — usually a heart rate higher than 100 beats per minute.
Redotex diet pills may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
If you experience a serious side effect, you or your doctor may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online (http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch) or by phone (1-800-332-1088).
