A recent study indicated that many diet drugs end up having serious side effects while resulting in very little long-term effectiveness for weight loss.

Surprised? Why many people believe a pill can lead to meaningful weight loss is still lost on me, and this recent research seems to support that.

In the study, men and women weighing about 220 pounds lost less than 11 pounds on average after taking diet drugs designed for long-term weight loss. I supposed these drugs could be marketed as moving customers from obese status to overweight status.

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Is the future of weight loss in a pill? I sincerely doubt it, but that is not stopping expensive, FDA-approved diet drugs from finally entering the scene. It makes sense, as over-the-counter weight loss items have been around forever it seems and for some odd reason, people keep buying them.

But Alli looks to be different. It's promising no magic weight loss "from a pill" but is being marketed as an assistant to weight loss with proper diet and exercise (how novel!). I'm quite sure Alli is not needed for this, but if it works for you, then great. Hooks are different for everyone.

What about the newer Rimonabant? This drug, known as Accomplia outside the U.S., is another designer drug that I'm looking into as a possible "assistant" to weight loss. A decent dose of scientific information on the drug is available over at The Diet Channel, and for those thinking of Rimonabant, this is worth a read.

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