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Alli is the first weight-loss drug approved by the FDA...

What do you think about it?

Will you try it?

ETA:

I think personally, I will wait a little while, until the general population tries it. There are some major concerns for me, even though it was approved by the FDA. Also, it requires you to completely change your meal-planning, and suggests that you start on your new meal plan before you even start taking it.

I have this feeling that like so many great-sounding drugs, it'll have some terrible side effects that'll take it off the market in a few months. If it's not something that kills someone, it'll at least be embarrassing (frequent and loud gas, etc.) You're wise to wait.

I'm not sold on it. It basically says it HELPS you lose 50% more weight than you would without it. So you need to be making that commitment anyway. Perhaps the pills would be a motivation to do so, I don't know.

If the pills themselves are not motivation to do so, the side effects from NOT following the instructions would be.:p

I have a friend on it now. If you eat too much fat, it gives you the shits. I think that's motivation enough!

I LOLed for realz when it suggests that you wear dark pants and bring a change of clothes until you get used to it.

I heard on the Today show that the makers even suggest taking an extra pair of pants with you during the day in case you have an accident! :eek:

Hell no I'd never take it!

Haha.....isn't this true though without the drugs? I mean.......you go eat a 1lb chili cheese burrito and a fat steak..........you and the porcelain gods are going to have a little come to Jesus meeting.

I nomitate this for the post of the month.

Yes but will people stop eating fat or stop taking the drug. That's more what I meant.

This is my favorite:

"You may not usually get gassy, but it's a possibility when you take alli. The bathroom is really the best place to go when that happens."

In other words, don't try to do one of the silent kinds when you're in public. You may end up making a mess of your pants.

I assume that comment on the website is for male users, as most "ladies" I know would already use the restroom for that "problem".;)

Oh please, girl, you've been pregnant! You ran to the bathroom every time you had a little gas?!?!? :D

Nope. Didn't have to. I was in there anyway 90% of the time.:p

Good point! (she says as she drinks more water to try to stave off swelling while getting kicked in the bladder...)

(Also - simethecone is your friend - just because it says "Infant Gas Drops" doesn't mean the infant has to be born for it to be needed :D )

Do all the fat ladies refer to themselves as BBW? I've heard this term lately. I think it's lovely.

-Rudey
--Zing.

I think olestra was pulled for the reason that people experienced "anal leakage". GROSS!! :eek:

Olestra wasn't pulled.

Or at least it's still marketed here.

That side effect was well known when olestra hit the market. Alli sounds like something that if you dedicated enough to follow their guidelines you won't really need the pills.

I do like however that in the commercial they use legitimately larger women. I can't stand when they use a size 6 actress and claim she needs to drop weight!

ROFLMFAO!!!

apparently this makes spray oil when you fart.

I don't even know what else to say here.

There may be some truth to the oily gas stains... They say on the healthcare professionals site for alli that the side effects are some GI disturbances as well as those other things...

It is a GI Lipase inhibitor that does not allow the cells in the GI tract breakdown triglycerides.

I have not seen the actual clinical trial.

My guess, folks predisposed to HNPCC will be having problems... The dayum thing is a carcinogen and good one... Or cause IBS.

And GlaxoSmithKline is questionable right now...

And this issue is folks pop pills, but don't exercise or eat properly.

Like that darn Special K commercial I see every morning. It's got an emaciated woman in a red top and jeans and her stomach growls as the voice over talks about how eating breakfast is the key to losing weight. Then her roommate heads for the door and she's almost as skinny. Seriously, if you are going to market to people trying to loose some weight, could you at least put someone on the screen whose wieght is in triple digits?!?!? :rolleyes: The commercial doesn't make me want to buy their prodcut - it pisses me off that they think people should look that skinny. It makes me NOT want to buy their product...

Hands down one of the best posts I've seen in awhile on here. I'm with AlphaFrog, I'm crying here.

I don't know, these pills seem to provide a "quick fix" when the name of the game really should be "stop eating so much fatass and start working out!"

Who knew Xenical (with all of it's crazy side effects) would ever hit OTC? YUCK! I'm surprised this was approved to be OTC without a doctor's supervision. Then again, I have a feeling that most people won't stick with this one (and potentially abuse it) because of the side effects.

PsychTau

I second that motion!