Product Details:
Brand | Tablets India Limited |
Dose | 2mg/5ml |
Packaging Size | 200ml |
Packaging Type | Bottle |
Active Ingredient | Cyproheptadine |
Generic Name | Apetamin |
Apetamin is an appetite stimulating weight-gain supplement manufactured and sold by the Indian pharmaceutical company TIL Healthcare.
[1] It is a syrup containing cyproheptadine, the amino acid lysine, and some vitamins. Cyproheptadine, the active ingredient, is an antihistamine and a hepatotoxin that has many effects on the body, including increased appetite, fatigue, and drowsiness.
[2] It has not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration or the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
[1] It is illegal to sell apetamin in most countries, including the United States.
[3] It is heavily promoted and illegally sold on social media as a way of achieving the curvy body shape currently fashionable in some communities.
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