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"The company achieved FDA approval for an over-the-counter weight loss drug called Alii (a lower dose version of the prescription drug xenical (Orlistat)) that competes directly with weight loss supplements for market share. Unlike the supplements, however, Alii produces certain disagreeable, and potentially harmful, side effects including, by GlaxoS-mithKline's own admission, diarrhea and reduced vitamin absorption." - Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.)

"For example, the drug company Roche created a program for overweight patients who were prescribed xenical, its weight loss drug. The company asked doctors in Iowa and throughout the country to give their patients starter kits for its Xenicare program. Roche asked these patients thirty personal questions, logged the information into its sophisticated database, and then used it to act like a coach or well-wisher to the person. The company sent holiday cards and congratulatory notes as the weeks passed and the patient continued taking the pills." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Orlistat, the active ingredient in the drug xenical, aids weight management by inhibiting lipase-mediated hydrolysis of triacylglycerol, which reduces the bioavailability of dietary fat. Third, energy balance may be shifted downward through the action of food constituents that stimulate or enhance energy expenditure. Theoretically, this would occur if a food constituent, whole food, or diet augmented thermo-genesis, resting energy expenditure, and/or physical activity. The digestion of protein, fat, and carbohydrate entails the generation of heat that is unavailable to anabolic processes." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"This new wonder drug is actually a lower-dosage version of the old prescription drug xenical, which has never shown to have any effects on fat reduction. Alii is the first drug of its kind sold without a prescription, and it is selling like hotcakes. But instead of enjoying a real hotcake, you may experience extremely unpleasant and embarrassing side effects, including gas with oily spotting, loose stools and abdominal pain. The drug's official website states that, if you take the drug, "It's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"But it This weight loss medication is also available by prescription under the name xenical. It appears to be one of the few weight loss drugs considered safe for long-term use. Orlistat is intended to be used in conjunction with a reduced-calorie, reduced-fat diet. The drug prevents the absorption of fat from the gastrointestinal tract. Nearly twice as many people on orlistat manage to lose 15 percent of their body weight in a year as people on diet restrictions alone. Side effects: Most of the side effects are gastrointestinal." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"In a second two-year European trial, obese patients were put on a reduced-calorie diet (reduced from their regular intake by 600 calories a day) and given 120 milligrams of xenical three times a day. At the end of the year, they had lost about 9 pounds more than the placebo group (about % pound a month). A similar design was used in a two-year study in the United States that produced an average of a mere Vi pound a month more in the xenical group than in the placebo Does it get any better? Not much." - Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S., Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"Orlistat is also available by prescription as the brand-name product xenical. Since the drug's actions rely on binding 25 percent of the fats you consume in your gut and passing them through your body unabsorbed, there's no focus on the real reason that most people get fat: too much refined carbohydrate. No wonder the drugs don't have much effect. Action: Orlistat prevents the digestion and absorption of fat in the intestine by blocking the action of lipase, an enzyme that helps break down fat." - Hyla Cass, M.D., Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.) "Nutrients depleted: If you do decide you want to try xenical or Alli's program—which, like most weight-loss regimens, involves drastic dietary changes and exercise—you can also expect to be depleted of important fatty acids and fat-soluble nutrients, including vitamins A, D, E, K, and the carotenes. Needed supplements: • High-potency multivitamin: Use a multivitamin that contains all of the fat-soluble nutrients and with a meal for better absorption." - Hyla Cass, M.D., Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.)

"One programme tailored for Roche's obesity drug, xenical, in Australia resulted in those on the programme staying on treatment for twice as long as non-enrolled patients.35 How much extra weight they lost is not known. Patients can also receive information via text messaging and mailouts to help them take a drug that, it must be remembered, has been prescribed for their benefit. Whether described as exercises in concordance or disease management, pharma money is usually to be found." - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.)

"With the approval of orlistat (available by prescription as xenical) to go over the counter under the name Alii, people finally have a tested do-it-yourself option. The company has chosen the name Alii to imply that it will work best if allied with a full program of dietary and behavior modification approaches. The FDA appears confident that this drug does not pose significant safety issues. Orlistat is a compound that prevents the absorption of fat. It can help people lose weight, but there are some drawbacks. For one thing, there's the underwear risk: spotting with oily stool." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"In the case of Roche's obesity drug xenical, for example, NICE'S independent review estimated a CQG of £46,000 ($82,800). Translated, this represents a cost to the NHS of £46,000 a year to bring the patient's quality of life up to that of someone who was not obese -which would be cheap if it actually delivered on its promise, but that is not the point. Roche, meanwhile, had arrived at a CQG of just £10,000 ($18,000). Where the Alzheimer's drugs were concerned, the discrepancies were greater." - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.)

"One of the newest prescription drugs on the market is a fat blocker sold under the name xenical (orlistat). It works by inhibiting enzymes responsible for fat breakdown, reducing fat absorption by about 30 percent. The side effects of xenical are diarrhea, poor absorption of fat-soluble vitamins and phytochemicals, anal leakage, and urgency. Many people simply cannot tolerate the gastric lipase inhibition necessary to benefit from the xenical program, and in truth, if you are unable to restrict your intake of fat, the very loose stool can become quite unbearable." - Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard, Defeating Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Before xenical was approved by the FDA, both Dr. Atkinson and Mr. Downey, Executive Director of the American Obesity Association, testified on the effectiveness and safety of the drug.23 In July 2002, AOA prepared a statement instructing people how to deduct the costs of weight loss and weight control programs from their taxes. The statement was published on Roche Laboratories' xenical Web page!24 Dr. Atkinson has been a consultant and on speaker's bureaus of many of these diet-pill companies. He told one reporter that he had been a consultant for about 20 companies.25 Dr." - Jerome P. Kassirer, On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health (Get the book.)

"Orlistat is also available by prescription as the brand-name product xenical. Since the drug's actions rely on binding 25 percent of the fats you consume in your gut and passing them through your body unabsorbed, there's no focus on the real reason that most people get fat: too much refined carbohydrate. No wonder the drugs don't have much effect. Action: Orlistat prevents the digestion and absorption of fat in the intestine by blocking the action of lipase, an enzyme that helps break down fat." - Hyla Cass, Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.) "Nutrients depleted: If you do decide you want to try xenical or Alii s program—which, like most weight-loss regimens, involves drastic dietary changes and exercise—you can also expect to be depleted of important fatty acids and fat-soluble nutrients, including vitamins A, D, E, K, and the carotenes. Needed supplements: ?High-potency multivitamin: Use a multivitamin that contains all of the fat-soluble nutrients and with a meal for better absorption. ?" - Hyla Cass, Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.)

"The two FDA-approved drugs for weight reduction are Meridia (sibutramine) and xenical (orlistat). Meridia can cause headache, insomnia, constipation, dry mouth, and hypertension and is only slightly helpful.8 xenical, the fat inhibitor, can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea, and reduces absorption of the fat-soluble vitamins such as D, E, and K. It may help those who consume an unhealthful, fatty diet, but even then it is hardly worth the side effects. Overall, drugs are drugs ?they are a poor substitute for healthy living. Can't I eat chocolate, ice cream, or other junk food ever again?" - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"Which leaves xenical, a drug that blocks fat entering the digestive system, passing it out through stools instead. This is hardly an impressive result from so much research. But it is precisely the unpredictable nature of research that is used to justify the high cost of medicine. Market forces, pharma argues, are perfectly capable of sorting out what is researched and therefore the kind of treatments people receive." - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.)

"Another drug, xenical (orlistat), blocks the absorption of dietary fat in the intestines. Up to a third of all ingested fat may be blocked. But there are sometimes unpleasant side effects like urgent bowel movements, gas, and irregular menstrual periods. Dexfenfluramine (Redux), phen-fen (a combination of fenfluramine and phentermine), and fenfluramine (Pondimin) were withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of side effects involving the heart and lungs." - Richard A. Deyo M.D. M.P.H., Donald L. Patrick, Hope or Hype: The Obsession with Medical Advances and the High Cost of False Promises (Get the book.)

"Anti-Fat Drugs xenical (Orlistat) inhibitsan pancreas enzyme inhibiting 30% of digestive fat and calories, causing abdomen cramps, gas, diarrhea, and risk of breast cancer. Fat-Substitute Olestra is a non-absorbed fat, blocks Carotenoid absorption, and Lutein 40%, Anti-Fungus drugs For finger- or toenail fungus infections, ketoconazole and griseofulvinhavesideeffectsofhepatitisandliver ailments, especiallyintheelderly. Fialuridine(FIAl J) Given forhepatitis-B has killed five patients with liverand kidney failure, even after 1 i ver transplants forthree ofthe victims (by September 1993)." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

"The statement was published on Roche Laboratories' xenical Web page!24 Dr. Atkinson has been a consultant and on speaker's bureaus of many of these diet-pill companies. He told one reporter that he had been a consultant for about 20 companies.25 Dr. Atkinson publishes extensively on obesity and its treatment. At the end of a 20-page article in the Annual Review of Nutrition in 1997 entitled, "Use of Drugs in the Treatment of Obesity" he indicated that the work had been supported by his Beers-Murphy Clinical Nutrition Center." - Jerome P. Kassirer, On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health (Get the book.)

"And it's the only drug other than sibutramine (Meridia) currently approved for long-term use. xenical works by blocking some of the fat that you eat from being digested and assimilated. It does this by blocking up to 75 percent of the digestive enzyme lipase—which breaks down fat—resulting in as much as 30 percent of the fat you eat not going to your hips. What should be immediately apparent is that it does nothing for the fat that is already on your hips." - Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S., Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss (Get the book.) "And all, except for Meridia and xenical, are approved for short-term use only. Some innovative physicians are treating obesity and overweight with drugs that are not conventionally used for weight loss but seem to produce it as a side effect. We'll talk about those later. Appetite Suppressants All of the appetite suppressants are called noradrenergic drugs, which means that they do their work by causing the release of two chemicals, norepinephrine and epinephrine. The release of those chemicals causes you to feel less hungry or not hungry at all." - Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S., Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"AOA publicly admitted that it received most of its funding from major pharmaceutical companies that market diet pills including Roche Laboratories (makers of xenical), Knoll Pharmaceutical (makers of Meridia), Wyeth Laboratories (makers of Redux and Pondimin), and Medeva Pharmaceuticals (makers of Phentermine). Awidely distributed book of recommended treatments for obesity, published joindy by AOA and Shape Up America! was supported by American Home Products, the parent company of Wyeth-Ayerst. Atkinson's work has also been supported by Weight Watchers International." - Jerome P. Kassirer, On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health (Get the book.)

"The side effects of xenical are diarrhea, poor absorption of fat-soluble vitamins and phytochemicals, anal leakage, and urgency. Many people simply cannot tolerate the gastric lipase inhibition necessary to benefit from the xenical program, and in truth, if you are unable to restrict your intake of fat, the very loose stool can become quite unbearable. Another popular prescription weight loss medication is sibutramine, or Meridia. This drug helps control appetite by increasing the levels of certain hormones in the brain (mainly serotonin) which control appetite and hunger." - Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard, Defeating Diabetes (Get the book.)

"ORLISTAT (OR-li-stat) Brand Name: xenical About Orlistat The fat from the food you eat isn't absorbed as is. Instead, it's attacked by various substances that break it down into smaller pieces called fatty acids, which are absorbed by the body and reassembled into various forms that the body can either use or store. Fat is a big issue in the United States today, with nearly two-thirds of the adult population either overweight or obese. Obesity contributes in a major way to the development of many diseases, as well as some 400,000 deaths annually." - Frederic Vagnini, M.D. and Barry Fox, Ph.D., The Side Effects Bible: The Dietary Solution to Unwanted Side Effects of Common Medications (Get the book.)

"Because xenical, a weight-loss drug, works by blocking fat absorption, it can cause embarrassing side effects. Dosage is key, yet whether you are slightly overweight or massively obese, whether you eat a little or a lot, you get the same dose of one-size-fits-all Xenical: 120 mg three times a day. A half dose was proven effective in studies, but the manufactuter does not market it. Zyban, widely advertised for smoking cessation, is started at 150 mg, then doubled to 300 mg in three days, but even at this strong dose long-term cessation rates aren't impressive." - The Life Extension Editorial Staff, Disease Prevention and Treatment (Get the book.)

"Meridia can cause headache, insomnia, constipation, dry mouth, and hypertension and is only slightly helpful.8 xenical, the fat inhibitor, can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea, and reduces absorption of the fat-soluble vitamins such as D, E, and K. It may help those who consume an unhealthful, fatty diet, but even then it is hardly worth the side effects. Overall, drugs are drugs ?they are a poor substitute for healthy living. Can't I eat chocolate, ice cream, or other junk food ever again? You can eat anything you desire, on occasion, but just don't make a habit of it." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"You should also know that only two of the following medications, Meridia and xenical, have been approved by the FDA for long-term use. The others are approved for "a few weeks," which is widely interpreted to mean up to three months. That doesn't mean they aren't safe for longer use—just that long-term use of these drugs has never been studied. Nor does it mean that doctors don't prescribe them for longer than three months—they do. It's called "off-label" use, and it's done all the time." - Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S., Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss (Get the book.)

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