I am confident that you are referring to "Leptoprin," also sold as
"Anorex." This product has been heavily promoted on television
recently, and its retail price is $153 for 180 capsules (a 30-day
supply.)
Quite a bit of promotional info about this product may be found on the
Anorex and Leptoprin Web sites:
Anorex.com
http://www.anorex.com/products/anorex/index.asp?sid=741209404
Leptoprin.com
http://leptoprin.com/
I have spent several hours attempting to locate scientific studies
involving this weight-loss product. I started with the following
Google Web search keywords:
"leptoprin" + "study"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=leptoprin+study
"leptoprin" + "studies"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=leptoprin+studies
"anorex" + "study"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=leptoprin+study
"anorex" + "studies"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=leptoprin+studies
In addition to using Google, I also searched (using the above
keywords) on the search engines Alltheweb.com, Teoma.com, Kartoo.com,
Moonmist.info, and Altavista.com.
None of these searches produced any scientific studies. The Web sites
for Leptoprin and Anorex mention an article published in "Obesity
Research," the official journal for the North American Association for
the Study of Obesity, but this article concerns genetic markers for
obesity, and is not a study of Leptoprin/Anorex. Numerous references
are made on various sites to the "discoverers" of this supplement, Dr.
Daniel B. Mowrey, Director of Scientific Affairs, Klein-Becker USA,
Provo, Utah, and Dr. Edward G. Fey, University of Massachusetts
Medical Center, Worchester, Massachusetts. The manufacturer of the
substance is Klein-Becker USA, of Provo, Utah. An online search of the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office indicates that the trademarks
"Leptoprin" and "Anorex" are both held by firms in Utah: the
"Leptoprin" trademark is held by American Phytotherapy Research
Laboratory, of Levi, Utah, and the "Anorex" trademark is held by XM
International Limited Liability Company, of South Draper, Utah.
In addition, I searched PubMed, a database of articles published in
medical journals. No references to either Leptoprin or Anorex were
found. I also searched Ingenta, a database of academic and
professional publications. There were no mentions of Leptoprin or
Anorex. I would think that if any reputable studies had been done on
this product, Klein-Becker would want to republish or provide links to
such studies; the lack of such links, together with the near-total
absence on the Internet of any citations regarding Leptoprin or Anorex
(except on sites which are selling the supplement) would tend to
indicate that if any studies exist, they are likely to be studies done
at the behest of Klein-Becker itself.
Here are links to some of the sites mentioned above, in case you'd
like to do your own searches:
US Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
National Library of Medicine: PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=&DB=PubMed
Ingenta.com
http://www.ingenta.com/
Before spending more than one hundred fifty dollars for a month's
supply, you may want to know the ingredients of this
heavily-advertised supplement. Here is an excerpt from a newsgroup
post which reproduces an e-mail in which a representative of
Klein-Becker (the manufacturer) lists the ingredients:
"We appreciate your e-mails inquiring about our product the Anorex. I
will do my best to answer all the questions from the three e-mails you
sent. Our customers on average begin to see results within 7-10 days.
The stimulants used in the regular Anorex are ephedrine and caffeine.
The results will not be the same when using the Anorex SF, it
generally takes about a week to two weeks longer to begin to see
results. The overall weight loss in the long run will be about the
same between the regular and stimulant-free formula's. We have dozen's
of recorded testimonials on our products, but unfortunately we do not
have a formatted program to send testimonials via e-mail. The
ingredients for the Regular Anorex are as follows: Ephedrine,
Caffeine, Aspirin, Tyrosine, Kelp Extract, Cayenne, Green Tea Extract,
Vitamin B6, Calcium. The ingredients for Anorex SF are as follows:
Epidedium, Scutellaria, Bupleurum, Calcium, Dipotassium, Sodium,
Disodium, Garcinia Cambogia, Tyrosine, Commiphora Phytosterol Extract,
Phosphotidyl Choline, Aspirin, Calcium. If you have any other
questions or concerns you can call us at 1-800-898-5153.
Thank You,
Ryan Pedersen, Klein-Becker USA Customer Service Agent"
Post from alt.support.diet.rx newsgroup
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=robinx79-8D17FF.21432314102001%40news&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain
It appears that Leptoprin/Anorex is just another
aspirin/caffeine/ephedra "stack," not a miracle drug that can
manipulate the genetic predisposition to obesity (a claim made by
several sites that sell Anorex.) There are many similar products which
can be bought at much lower prices. If you do wish to try Anorex, the
good news is that it can be obtained for a lot less than $153.
Using Google's wonderful new online product search service, Froogle, I
found several sites which offer Anorex for less than $80 for a 30-day
supply (180 capsules):
Froogle.Google.com
http://www.froogle.google.com/froogle?q=anorex&price1=&price2=80&price=between&btnP=Go
I hope this information is useful. If anything I've said is unclear,
or if any of the links do not function, please request clarification,
and I'll be glad to offer further assistance.
Best wishes,
pinkfreud |
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