Medicare does not cover sibutramine (Meridia) or other drugs prescribed for weight loss. However, Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans may cover prescription ...

A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug ...

(AP) — Abbott Laboratories on Thursday stopped marketing a weight loss pill in Europe after regulators there said the drug increases the risk of heart attack and stroke when used by heart disease ...

A panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers voted 8-8 on whether to allow continued marketing of the drug by drugmaker Abbott Laboratories. Earlier this year, European regulators banned the drug ...

The strongly worded editorial comes two weeks before government advisers review the prescription drug, which has already been pulled in Europe. In January, U.S. drug regulators strengthened existing ...

Every planet in the known Galactic Front of Helldivers 2 has seen its fair share of chaos, agony and devastating warfare, none more so than Meridia. One of a quartet of planets found in the Umlaut ...

NEW YORK -- Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in ...