Last week, the FDA sent warning letters eight surgical centers and California marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN, asking them to remove misleading advertisements for the Lap-Band device.
The FDA objects to the advertising because it does not include federal mandated information on relevant warnings and information about precautions, side effects and the medical reasons that make a treatment inappropriate.
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