Redotex® (Productos Medix, S.A. De C.V., Mexico, D.F.) is a dietary weight loss supplement,
which is not legally available for purchase in the United States (US). It contains
multiple ingredients: atropine .36 mg, d-norpseudoephedrine 50 mg, aloin 16 mg, diazepam
.8 mg, and triiodothyronine (T3), 0.075 mg per capsule. The US Food and Drug Administration issued warnings in 1987
about the dangers of this medication, although a review of the medical literature
failed to reveal any reports of Redotex® intoxications (
1
). We report a case of apparent toxicity secondary to a Redotex® overdose.Reinhold R. U.S. officials trying to end flow of an illegal diet pill from Mexico. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/19/us/us-officials-trying-to-end-flow-of-an-illegal-diet-pill-from-mexico.html?sec=&spon=. Accessed February 16, 2010.
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References
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The author has no commercial associations or sources of support that might pose a conflict of interest. This project was unfunded and was presented as a poster at the 2009 North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology in San Antonio, TX.
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