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Alli - The Weight Loss Drug with Icky Side Effects

Posted on Feb 6th 2009 1:00PM by Martha Edwards

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss

Alli's been on the market in North America for a while now, but it started to gain quite a bit more press once Wynona Judd announced she was jumping on the bandwagon and using the weight-loss drug to lose a few. However, just because a celeb uses Alli, doesn't mean you should, as Fitsugar has reminded us. Because, have you taken time to read the side effects? They are:

Oily spotting. From your, um, rear end, if you needed clarification.
Loose stools
More frequent stools that may be hard to control.

Ick. What's more, they advise that "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." Lovely.

I think I will stick to regular dieting rather than risk unfortunate accidents like these. What about you?

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Tags: alli, digestive, drug, drugs, stools, weight-loss, wynonna-judd

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Tara 2-05-2009 @ 3:51PM

I decided to give Alli a try. What I found immediately is that it's a huge boost to my willpower. If I'm looking at a donut and I think, this is going to set me back on the eating plan, I might still have the donut anyway. If, on the other hand, I look at that donut and think, I'm going to have the worst diarrhea on the planet, chances are I'll skip the donut!

Eating less fat generally, and expelling some of the fat that I do eat, has so far resulted in a 1-2 lb weight loss in 4 weeks. Doesn't sound like anything, but for someone who was gaining 10-20 lbs per year (due mostly to sedentary lifestyle because of chronic pain), losing a pound a month instead of gaining a pound a month is HUGE!!

u262f 2-06-2009 @ 8:08PM

> If, on the other hand, I look at that donut and think,
> I'm going to have the worst diarrhea on the planet,
> chances are I'll skip the donut!

LOL! It's still gross, but that line is just hilarious!
Congratulations on the improved will power!

Liz 2-08-2009 @ 2:41PM

I started Alli two weeks ago and seeing as how I am an intelligent human being I read ALL of the information that came with it. I have had NO side effects, only an increased urge to tinkle in the first 4 days but nothing out of control. If you aren't filling your diet with fried foods and other crap you will be fine.