I know lots of women resort to diet pills and really unhealthy ways of handling weight loss.
Ive been reading up on alli, side effects, reviews, supplements, etc. I have got to say, they have it together. If you go their website: www.myalli.com, you will see that they actually walk you through the program step by step. Its amazing! Even if you dont actually buy the pill, the tips and information are awesome.
Its the only pill approved by FDA…anyone ever tried it or know a lot about it?
Re: My Alli
alli? hahahaha read this
alli: Miracle diet pill with teeny-tiny side effect Angry 365 Days a Year
alli: Miracle diet pill with teeny-tiny side effect
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I found this news on Salon.com and felt compelled to throw my 2c in. There’s a “new” over-the-counter drug available in the US that’s apparently flying off the shelves. It’s called alli (note the way trendy lower case!) and I use the term “new” loosely because it’s apparently a lower strength version of a prescription-only drug (Xenical) that’s been around for a while.
So what does this incredibly popular wonder drug do? Well, not to go all Bill Clinton on you, but it depends on what your definition of “do” is. You see, there’s (1)what the drug company markets it as, (2)the medical description of what it does and (3)the biggest effect you’re actually going to notice.
The drug company markets it as a weight loss pill. They say it will give “safe, effective weight loss”. Because it’s FDA approved it must be good. What could possibly go wrong?
A simplified medical description of the drug is that it’s a fat blocker. It stops your body from absorbing some of the fat in your diet. It doesn’t burn calories. But fat that would have otherwise been absorbed by your body… isn’t. Because fat contains calories less calories will go into your body.
But here’s the most important thing the drug does: it makes you **** oil. Worse, it makes you **** your pants. With oil. This is not the ravings of some fringe conspiracy group, this is what the company tells you itself on its website. Buy our drug if you want to lose weight. Oh, by the way, you’ll end up ****ting your pants.
Neat, huh? No wonder it’s selling so well. That large sector of the public that enjoy having their pants filled with liquefied **** has been seriously under-catered to up until now.
The drug company indulges in classic marketing bull**** that really pisses me off but they still fail to obscure the horror of what’s going to happen to you if you take their drug. The first bit of marketing bull**** they spin that makes me want to smack them in the ****ing head is the old “eat healthier and exercise more to get the full benefits”.
Hello?!?!?! If you eat less fat and exercise you don’t need their ****ing pills. I’m sick of these sleazy companies pretending that they’re promoting health. They’re promoting bad habits and laziness. The subtext to the whole thing is “this drug lets you lose weight with NO exercise and NO change to your eating patterns”. People who can eat healthier and exercise more aren’t interested in this . But the company doesn’t think it’ll get away with an advertising slogan along the lines of “ diet and exercise! Take these pills and **** your weight away!”
The second thing they do that pisses me off is deliberately using language designed to obscure the full horror of the effects of their drug. They can’t even come clean and call them “side-effects”, instead going with “treatment effects”. Hell, maybe they’re right, these aren’t side effects. Side effects are incidental to the main effects. ****ting your pants is the main effect of this drug. It literally is the treatment effect.
Try as they might, their weasel words can’t hide how horrible their drug actually is. Following are actual quotes from their website followed by Mr Angry’s no bull**** translation.
Website Bull**** (WSBS): You may get:
gas with oily spotting,
loose stools
more frequent stools that may be hard to control
No BS: The following things will happen to you:
You will spray oil when you fart
You will have diarrhoea
You will be ****ting constantly and you will lose control of your bowels to the point where you **** your pants
WSBS: The excess fat that passes out of your body is not harmful. In fact, you may recognize it as something that looks like the oil on top of a pizza.
No BS: Oh dear god. Pizza is one of my favourite foods and these evil ****s have done their best to turn me off it for life. It will be very hard to look at a pizza again without wondering if someone on this drug has taken a **** on it.
WSBS: Eating a low-fat diet lowers the chance of these bowel changes. (my emphasis)
No BS: Even if you do cut back on fat, you’re still going to **** oil.
WSBS: …pick a day to begin taking alli, such as a weekend day so you can stay close to home if you experience a treatment effect.
No BS: Do not go out in public after taking this drug. You are going to **** yourself. Stay close to a toilet.
WSBS: If you’re getting ready to travel or attend a social event, hold off on starting with alli until the event is over.
No BS: Don’t say you weren’t warned. You are seriously going to **** yourself.
WSBS: 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.
No BS: You’re old life is over. Forget what you think you know about your body. You are going to fart uncontrollably. And there will be follow-through. This is not going to be something you want to share.
And my absolute favourite (which is to say, the part of the website that horrifies me most):
“You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it’s probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work.”
Oh. My. ****ing. God. They are so sure you are going to **** your pants they are saying you should accept the inevitable. There is no way to avoid this. So wear dark pants to hide the liquid **** stains. And bring a change of clothes. Because your first set are going to get impregnated with liquid ****.
To me, this is the ultimate evidence that western society is utterly ****ed. You can tell people that taking a pill will make them **** their pants uncontrollably. And your pill will be an utterly out of control success.
There was also a link to a video where you could “watch alli in action”. I assume this is a video showing people ****ting their pants. I couldn’t bring myself to look. Try a video you might be able to stomach – I’ve done a video version of this post for your viewing pleasure.
Re: My Alli
I get it but this is nothing the website doesnt tell you upfront. They're not hiding anything.
Any diet pill has side effects but most of them actually have more serious ones.
Alli is supposed to be taken a certain way, like most diets are. Since its a fat blocker, I think what happens is if you consume more then the allowed amount of fat, you might have an accident.
If you misuse it...you will end up doing doo-doo in your pants. But the purpose behind looking into it is to find a way to safely and effectively lose weight.
Re: My Alli
ahhhhh but u see the doodoo issue is not due to 'misuse' per the manufacturers own statements
it is due to 'use'
and btw its not the only pill approved by FDA maybe only the OTC pill but not the only pill.
ahhhhh but u see the doodoo issue is not due to 'misuse' per the manufacturers own statements it is due to 'use'
and btw its not the only pill approved by FDA maybe only the OTC pill but not the only pill.
Most people complain of accidents if they go over their 15g of fat limit. IF you stay within that limit, you're fine.
And yes, its the only OTC pill that is also FDA approved. The rest that are FDA approved, you need a prescription for...which is hard to get for some people.
Im not saying its a magic pill, but it seems safer then having your heart thumping in your chest and having high blood pressure which is what most diet pills will do to you.
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Theres an ingredient in some of the diet versions of things like potato chips that have the same effect as alli. Its called Olestra. It prevents your body from absorbing fats but it also prevents your body from absorbing NUTRIENTS!!!
My mom gave it a try and...X2 is absolutely, stunningly right about not being able to make it to the potty in time. Even some of the TV commercials, if you listen VERY carefully to the quiet, 500-mph talk at the very end will say "may cause uncontrollable and explosive diarrhea".
These drug companies know exactly how far they can push the envelope and get away with promoting their drugs. One drug, Depo-Provera, caused my infertility and that of a really good number of fellow patients sitting in the reproductive endocinologosts office month after endless month.
If weight is a battle, its something you need to conquer on your own and not rely on a magic pill to do it for you. Magic pills dont exist.
Re: My Alli
cant i just have the surgery to get it over with? surely surgery wont give me explosiveness...righT?
Re: My Alli
gastric bypass? its extreme but if there are health issues, the gastric belt thingie which is a reversible and less invasive process may work too.
I do think that those procedures are limited to morbidly obese folks who need to drop major weight quickly due to other health concerns or due to pending surgeries.
I think other people should only resort to such things if they are severley overweight and have seen no results from working out 60 mins a day every day, and being careful with what, when and how much they eat. and then again prior to such an extreme step, running tests to check body's insulin situation, thyroid issues etc and taking meds to help with that.
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Nah im just lazy.
Im kidding. Abhi woh din nahi aye ke surgery ki zaroorat pare (Allah rehm karay) :(
You guys 
My heart’s broken… Orlistat (the active ingredient in Alli) is manufactured by Roche Pharmaceuticals and I actually worked with Orlistat when I was on my internship with them… Alli, however, is NOT manufactured by Roche …
I spent so long learning the freakin chemical formula for Orlistat 
Orlistat is kool and its approved by the FDA… Alli is bad (from what I gather from this thread) and I don’t know much about it since I didn’t work with GlaxoSmithKline and never had to do a project on alli or anything like that…
Re: My Alli
its not a question of it being bad, its just that the side effects are rather unpleasant and the company makes light of that fact