Diet Pill Off The Market

Officials at Abbott Laboratories are pulling Meridia off the market in the U.S. and Canada. The diet pill, on the market for more than 10 years, is said to cause an increased chance of heart attack for people with heart disease.



          Dying To Diet?

After ten years on the market,
A diet pill is done.
Abbott folks now indicate
It’s like a loaded gun.

Though it’s meant to make one thinner
It’s getting lots of flak.
While melting all that weight off,
One could have a heart attack.

 
©  2010  Jim Gordon