| 30 of 31 people found the following review helpful  WAR ON FAT, By This review is from: Alli 170 Count Refill Pack (Health and Beauty) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February, 2007 approved orlistat capsules (Alli 60 mg. capsule) as an over-the-counter (OTC) weight loss aid for overweight adults, kudos to Bush administration. Prior to this date, orlistat was marketed only as Xenical, the prescription form of the same drug, orlistat. The FDA did a fine job in making orlistat an OTC, ahead of the EU, for instance. Orlistat works by inhibiting the fat-busting enzyme called Lipase in the gut. The "unbusted" fats cannot be absorbed by the body and they find their way into the toilet. In doses of 120 mg. three times a day, 30% of eaten fats will go into the sewer. Less than 2% of the drug gets absorbed in the body so more than 98% of the drug passes in the stools, mostly unchanged. Still not happy?One might ask what happens to the bad fats in the blood, e.g. bad cholesterol? One can expect lowering of bad cholesterol aka LDL, the lethal variety that makes widows. It does not affect the good... Read more 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful alli outrage over prices!!, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Alli 170 Count Refill Pack (Health and Beauty) whats going on with the Alli prices?? Seem like everyone is trying to make a buck or two!! outraged!When is it going to be available at a reasonable rate? 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful  Alli -- seems to work, but look out for those "treatment effects", By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Alli 170 Count Refill Pack (Health and Beauty) Alli (Orlistat) apparently works by blocking absorption of some of the fat in what you eat. It seems to work, as we've seen some weight loss with it, but if you overdo it on the fat consumption (or even eat a "normal" amount of certain particularly fatty foods), you will experience the euphemistically named and decidedly unpleasant "treatment effects". I will not describe those here -- you can read about them elsewhere -- but I will say that it takes some care and commitment to avoid them. The starter pack instructions do make all of this clear, but until you experience Alli's "treatment effects", you really can't appreciate them. |
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