tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053597571455512086.post483126537086226606..comments2022-03-25T19:15:39.909-07:00Comments on Unleashed: The Med Beat: You Can't Hurt Me Now!Unleashed Magazine News Centralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10712351963157432879noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053597571455512086.post-24612988483359238282012-08-21T18:49:28.006-07:002012-08-21T18:49:28.006-07:00Thank you so much for your response. We will be cr...Thank you so much for your response. We will be creating an article concerning unsafe weight loss soon. An article to be published next wednesday's Ripple Effect will briefly touch on tape worm weight loss as well. <br /><br />Stay tuned, and keep sending in comments!<br /><br />Again, Unleashed's email is : sashalm13@berkeley.edu<br /><br />Just in case :). Unleashed Magazine News Centralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712351963157432879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053597571455512086.post-22687513715199431702012-08-21T16:44:21.262-07:002012-08-21T16:44:21.262-07:00Midol is NOT a safe weight loss drug, it contains ...Midol is NOT a safe weight loss drug, it contains 60 mg of caffeine, 500 mg of acetaminophen and 15 mg of pyrilamine maleate (antihistamine). Other products offered by Midol are essentially Advil (Midol Liquid Gels) and Aleve (Midol Extended Relief).<br /><br />Acetaminophen has no weight loss properties, so if your friends are using it for weight loss, it is mechanistically the same as caffeine pills, except that it contains excess amounts of acetaminophen. If you friends are doubling or tripling the dose of Midol for the increased caffeine, then they are consuming dangerously high amounts of acetaminophen. Alcohol, as mentioned in the article will make the situation significantly worse for their livers but increasing production of the toxic metabolic byproducts of acetaminophen. I would not use Midol for a weight loss and would strongly urge anyone I cared about not to either, pharmaceutical weight loss methods can be VERY dangerous and damaging to vital organs.<br /><br />Maybe an article article on common and unsafe weight loss practices would be a good future article for the blog...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053597571455512086.post-31249602433669715502012-08-21T11:29:22.617-07:002012-08-21T11:29:22.617-07:00So, sorry to get specific on you, but how much caf...So, sorry to get specific on you, but how much caffeine does Midol have in it? How much coffee should I be avoiding?<br /><br />Also, a couple girlfriends of mine take Midol to lose weight. Does it even help with this and how bad is it for them? <br /><br />Thanks for the info!! Super helpful. I've been reading every label!Cassandra Rileynoreply@blogger.com