Warning: Xcelerated Weight Loss “Charged Up” Was Flagged by the FDA

If you came here looking for the diet pill once sold at this address, read this first. The product was the subject of a federal public health notification, and the company that sold it is gone.

The short version: on July 22, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told consumers not to purchase or use Xcelerated Weight Loss “Charged Up” after laboratory analysis found it contained sibutramine, a controlled substance removed from the U.S. market in 2010. Read the FDA public notification.

Unlabeled supplement bottle tipped over with capsules spilled out — Hidden-ingredient supplements look like any other bottle. That is the problem.

What the FDA found

FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that the product contained sibutramine that was not declared anywhere on the label. Sibutramine is an appetite suppressant that was sold as a prescription drug (Meridia) until October 2010, when it was withdrawn from the U.S. market because it substantially increased blood pressure and pulse and was linked to elevated risk of heart attack and stroke in a large safety trial.

A person buying this product had no way to know they were taking a withdrawn prescription drug. That matters most for people with heart conditions or high blood pressure, and for anyone taking other medications: sibutramine can interact dangerously with common antidepressants and migraine drugs.

If you took this product

Stop taking it. Keep the bottle, in case a clinician wants to see it.
If you have chest pain, a racing heart, severe headache or shortness of breath, seek care now.
Tell your doctor what you took, even if you feel fine. Interactions can be silent.
You can report harm from any supplement to the FDA's MedWatch program.

The bigger lesson

This product was not a one-off. The FDA maintains an entire database of weight-loss supplements found to contain hidden drugs: sibutramine, banned laxatives, even withdrawn heart medications. The products change names faster than regulators can flag them. The pattern is always the same: a proprietary blend, dramatic promises, and no accountable prescriber anywhere in sight. We wrote a short guide on how to spot a spiked supplement before you swallow it.

What safe weight loss actually looks like

The irony of hidden-drug diet pills is that legitimate, effective medication exists. GLP-1 medications such as semaglutide (Wegovy, Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Zepbound, Mounjaro) are FDA-approved, prescribed at a known dose, and monitored by a clinician who knows your history and your other medications. Every one of those safeguards is exactly what a spiked supplement takes away.

The same warning applies to buying “generic” GLP-1 drugs from unregulated websites: an unlabeled vial from an anonymous seller has the same problem as an unlabeled capsule. If you want medical weight loss, get it from a licensed provider. This site is maintained by Sarah Hitchcox Aesthetics, a nurse-led clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee that offers medically supervised weight-loss care, and the advice above stands wherever you live: work with someone accountable, whose name is on the prescription.

Nothing on this page is medical advice. It is a consumer notice about a specific flagged product and general guidance about supplement safety.