Diet Pills Alli: Low-Dose Xenical

Alli is first FDA-approved over-the-counter diet drug.

2007/6/4

Hooked on to diet pills?

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@ 07:47 AM (15 months, 10 hours ago)

Stop right now! These are no miracle pills, and they definitely don’t provide a long term solution

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2007/6/2

Alli Bringing A New Revolution

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@ 02:29 AM (15 months, 2 days ago)

Weight Loss is one of the important issue is being discussed in New York. GlaxoSmithKline is a well-known healthcare production. It is trying to practice the country for alli by having exhibit in New York City.

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2007/5/20

Pretty pills: the secret to a younger looking you?

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@ 10:16 PM (15 months, 14 days ago)

Imagine if you could totally transform your looks just by popping a pill. No need to spend hours down the gym undergoing punishing workouts in pursuit of a perfectly proportioned body, no fake tans, sunbeds or hours baking on the beach to get the perfect golden glow, no need for time-consuming facials or expensive anti-ageing treatments, just swallow a pill or two with your breakfast, and you’re done.

It sounds like the sort of bizarre prediction that 1960s futurologists made about the year 2000. But, astonishingly it’s the underground beauty trend that could have dire consequences.

Earlier this month, the FDA (Food & Drug Administration), the US body that approves and regulates drugs, cosmetics and supplements, agreed to let pharmaceutical giants Glaxo SmithKline sell a weight-loss drug, Alli, over the counter.

The drug is set to hit shelves in June this year. But, many people won’t have to wait until June to get their hands on it - despite the fact that it is still a prescription-only product.

The boom in online pharmacies and web-based drug sales has meant that, in a few clicks of a mouse you can have access to a number of drugs that, if their claims are to be believed, could do pretty much anything, from whittling down your waist size to ridding you of body hair.

Some of these drugs are prescription only, others may not even be licensed in this country, but if you’re willing to pay, there’s an unscrupulous dealer willing to sell.

Alli in the form of Xenical or Orlistat has been readily available on the internet for some time. It works by inhibiting the absorption of fat so that about 30% of the fat that you eat is passed through the body undigested.

Prescribed by a doctor, who can explain that it needs to be taken in conjunction with a low fat diet, it has the potential to be a useful and effective drug.

In the hands of someone who doesn’t understand how it works, and thinks it gives them carte blanche to eat what they like and still lose weight, you run the risk of, at the very least, suffering a number of unpleasant gastro-intestinal side effects.

But these risks don’t seem to deter a growing number of people who think that illicitly acquired drugs could offer a no pain, all gain route to the body beautiful.

Xenical is only one of a number of drugs being used and abused in this way. Last week the Mail revealed that a number of ‘diet’ drugs were being bought over the internet.

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