The Danish Medicines Agency’s “NIX-PILLE” campaign

The Danish Medicines Agency has launched a campaign against dangerous weight loss pills being sold illegally via the Internet

Entitled "Take care of yourself - buy approved weight loss pills" and "The Internet is overflowing with harmful weight loss pills" The Danish Medicines Agency has launched the campaign “NIX-PILLE”

At the campaign's website is

- Facts about weight loss pills

- Footage from the manufacturing of counterfeit and dangerous weight loss pills       

- Information on what the consumer should be aware of

Many of the dangerous weight loss pills are counterfeits of genuine products. Weight loss pills, which are not approved by the authorities, can contain anything from lime and cement or too high doses of the active medical substance, to substances which are not declared on the package.

Here is a link to the campaign website.

Further information on The Danish Medicines Agency's efforts against counterfeit medicines can be found here.