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Fat-blocking pill will be sold over the
| Thu, 02-08-2007 - 9:53am |
"Fat-blocking pill will be sold over the counter--FDA allows nonprescription sale of lower-dose version of Xenical"
Here's a link to this article. I am ever skeptical of these kind of things but found it interesting. Anyone ever try the prescription version? Annie

Yup I sure did...for a year or more...and it worked for a year or so...it was wonderful having oily poops, and not being able to fart without knwoing what is coming out...but it did work...however...
After a year or so, I finally had to stop. It impaired my love life, and was becoming increasingly more of a hinderance...and when I stopped the weight flew back on in record time.
My doctor said that is normal, he has never seen anyone go on xenical and not gain the weight back...and while he said you can take it long term your life suffers because you never know...
Trust me, losing weight was great, but walking around with my butt cheeks clamped together wasn't so fun.
Angela
Well, like I said, it did work, until I went off it...
So it really is a toss up of oily stools for the rest of your life, or finding another way to lose weight...
My sister loves Xenical because she loses weight on it...but after she went off it she went from a 10-12 to a 16-18 (the biggest she has ever been).
So for me it is easier to lose weight slowly or not at all, than to lose it and buy new clothes and be thrilled and then have the discouragement of gaining it all back.
Xenical is being advertised like crazy here and they don't mention the oily stools thing at all! I think it would be written on it as a "side effect", but they never mention anything. I had a