Hoodia Cactus
Apr/090
Hoodia Cactus
Has anyone used any weight loss pills? Do they work?
I have researched a pill called 'Hoodia'. Its an extract from a cactus plant that helps reduce the urge for food. Has anyone used these pills or recommend any others, if any?
The Hoodia cactus can work wonders. However mass producing the effects of the cactus in pill form has proven unsuccessful. They cannot get it to work.
I believe there is a drug company that is working on it recreating the benefits of it into a weight loss pill, however that pill is not expected to be on the market for a year or more.
Some years ago, a South African scientific research organization isolated the appetite-suppressing ingredient in Hoodia and patented it. The organization licensed the patent to a small British firm called Phytopharm, which then sold it to Pfizer, the giant pharmaceutical firm. Pfizer hoped to create a diet pill containing the Hoodia compound, but the plan to isolate and synthesize the ingredient proved more difficult than expected, and not cost-effective. So now, Phytopharm has the patent back and has established Hoodia plantations in South Africa. The company plans to market a diet product containing Hoodia by about 2007.
If Pfizer is having a hard time doing it, I cant imagine it will
be that easy to re-create. Dont waste your money.
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