UK includes 2,4-Dinitrophenol slimming pill on its list of controlled poisonous substances

The British Government will include the chemical component 2,4 Dinitrophenol (DNP) in the list of controlled poisonous substances in order to restrict its distribution and consumption

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The legislative reform, which could enter into force at the end of the year, is the result of an intense campaign of pressure from different public entities and relatives of young people who died after following a diet with DNP pills.

This was the case with Bethany Shipsey, who purchased the product through a website registered in

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The following year, the chairman of the forensic inquest into the death of Vaidotas Gerbutaviclus urged the government to take steps to limit access to DNP.

In Spain there is no authorized medication

that contains this substance in its composition.

Already in 2015

on this substance

Up to 32 people who took DNP pills have died between 2007 and 2020 in the UK, according to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).

, although their lives were saved.

The association estimates that of those hospitalized in the same period with a history of ingesting the explosive product, 18% died.

In 2019, the RPS called for a total ban on DNP, both in direct sales in the country and on the Internet.

By then, the Advisory Council on the misuse of drugs (ACMD) had already formally indicated to the Government that "DNP 2.4 is a poison, it is not a medicine and it has no therapeutic indication."

The same

as a "psychoactive" recreational drug and recommended seeking a solution with experts in poisonous substances.

Four years later, the conservative Executive has finally given the green light to the legislative reform in order to designate DNP as a poisonous substance subject to regulatory controls.

, it will be necessary to apply for a license to purchase the chemical from a UK registered pharmacist.

The DNP component is used to make explosives, as a fertilizer and pesticide, among other uses.

"It is our responsibility to ensure that our robust controls on these substances are up to date and that there are controls against those who

of State for Security Tom Tugendhat, who is scheduled to meet with relatives of drug victims on Monday. the poison pill

Once ingested, it speeds up the metabolism, promoting the reduction or elimination of fat, with the

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"It is highly dangerous to health and should never be used to lose weight," warns the RPS

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