has anyone taken xenical

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Registered: 09-30-2004
has anyone taken xenical
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Wed, 10-13-2004 - 9:03pm
I am picking up my xenical tommorrow.My doctor has gotten it approved for me by my insurance company.Would like to know if anyone has had success with this.Thanks for any info
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Registered: 03-11-2004
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 9:25pm
My sister tried it. She didn't lose any weight and all it did for her was give her gross greasy diarrhea. Sorry I don't have any good news about it. Maybe it will work better for you. Good Luck! Hugs, Brenda

Hugs, Brenda 

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Registered: 06-13-2004
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 1:50am


ahem.


Yes I have.


Primarily this medication is used to block the absorption of fat in the stomach, so it is excreted from your body without being digested. This is just as pretty as it sounds. However, with some exercise, and a healthy diet, the nasty side effect can be managed and I have seen personally morbidly obese patients on oxygen in the hospital lose significant amounts of weight.

It should only be taken in close contact with your doctor. The premise is that the nasty side effect (oily discharge!!) causes a behaviour change, namingly that you choose to eat healthier foods.

I had some success with this diet when I was able to control my diet. Then I began travelling a lot, and I was not able to control my diet, and I had a lot of the nasty side effect. So for me, it was not really compatible with my lifestyle.

Good luck.

Kristrin

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Registered: 04-26-2003
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 9:55am
Hi,

I took it for a while, but didn't have much success. My main problem was not wanting to take the drug (compliance is a problem for a lot of people). It takes a while to figure out how to balance your fats, I can pretty much guarantee that you're going to have some leaky booty issues (sorry, but it's a fact.)

One of my guy friends also took it for a while and lost some weight. I asked him about it before I started taking it and he looked at me in this deadpan voice said "All I know is that I'd rather be fat than crap my pants in a business meeting." It was hilarious (you'd have to know this guy).

I definitely don't want to discourage you, because I think it is a wonderful drug and can really help a lot of people. I personally wasn't good enough about keeping my fats super low, and when I ate even a bit too much I had problems.

I hope you have great success with it! They used to have a really helpful website that helped in figuring out how to eat to minimize side effects and lose well.

Good luck!

Erin

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Registered: 04-16-2003
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 10:47am
I thought that they had taken xenical off the market? I was going to try it once, quite a few years ago, but I heard that it was taken off the market. Maybe it was just at the time, because they didn't have enough research done on it yet? I don't know. To me, taking a drug like that sounds unnatural, and it's not something I would want to try, but that's just my opinion. I'm sure lots of people have success with it. ~Sabrina