Consumer Alert:

Hydroxycut diet supplements and kidney damage

By Welch, Gold & Siegel – Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., Pennsylvania

Over-the-counter weight loss and diet supplements are dangerous. Weight loss pills like Hydroxycut may cause kidney damage which occurs when the kidneys fail causing kidney failure or renal failure.

Kidney disease symptoms vary from person to person. Frequently, people with kidney disease won't notice any symptoms until it's too late. When the kidneys fail to function properly, waste products accumulate in the blood and the body.

As kidney damage worsens, kidney failure is next. Symptoms of kidney failure are vomiting and diarrhea, dehydration, nausea, foamy urine, dark colored urine, blood in urine, difficulty urinating.

Less serious Hydroxycut side effects that should not be ignored and can lead to kidney damage include feeling tired and weak, memory problems, difficulty concentrating, dizziness, difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, or a persistent bad taste in your mouth.   

Do You Have a Hydroxycut kidney damage lawsuit?

If you look at the Hydroxycut advertising – admit it – the promise of being buff and thin all sounds too good to be true because they make it sound easy, too easy. Not that you can't be buff and thin or curvy but it takes hours of the right exercises, drinking plenty of water, and eating the right foods. 

Everyone wishes for a simple way to lose weight and build muscle just by popping a bottle of pills. That's what the makers of these diet supplements count on.

The problem with Hydroxycut and similar over-the-counter dietary supplements is pills are not being FDA-regulated for ingredient contents nor amount of contents. Just because the bottle says natural doesn't mean safe.

If you or someone you know is suffering from these life threatening side effects from Hydroxycut or a similar product, please ask them to seek legal help in Pennsylvania.