The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that using apetamine to gain weight can lead to coma or death. This was reported in a press release posted on the agency’s website.
Apetamin is a syrup containing the powerful antihistamine cyproheptadine. The agency received medical reports from men who took apetamine to improve their fitness. They suffered from nervous system ailments, heart ailments, and liver damage.
In a published report, a person who took apetamine every day for six weeks developed autoimmune hepatitis. This chronic disease is treated with hormonal drugs that suppress the immune system. If left untreated, hepatitis can lead to liver failure.
Other dangerous side effects of apetamine include dizziness, low blood pressure, disorientation and confusion, hallucinations, seizures, slowed breathing and heart rate. According to the FDA, the drug can lead to coma or death.
This substance also reduces mental alertness, which may affect a person’s ability to drive or use machines.
Apetamin is especially dangerous when taken with alcohol and other central nervous system depressants (hypnotics, sedatives, tranquilizers).