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This means it blocks or really limits the absorption of fat in your gastrointestinal tract. There are some unpleasant side effects including loose stool and gas, primarily caused if you consume too much fat at a meal. It's a fairly benign drug and was prescribed a great deal before it became over-the-counter this year. I took it before it became an over-the-counter medication. It was called Xenical. The dosage I took was higher than the one in Alli. My Xenical was 120mg and I've noticed Alli is only 60mg.

Dr. Lou Aronne was the former president of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO). Dr. Aronne is quoted from a WebMD article here on Xenical/Orlistat: "Patients must be willing to stick to a low-fat diet. These drugs have a built-in feedback system. "If you eat a high-fat diet, you will experience the side effects, so to avoid the unpleasant effects, you need to reduce the fat in your diet."

Okay, here's where I stick my two cents in. If you are eating a low-fat diet, you will lose weight. Period, no pill necessary, I found this out when taking Xenical my self. I wasn't losing any weight, I didn't really experience the side effects, some but it was too minor to mention. When I went back to my doctor, she said it had to be my diet, but I was sticking to a low-fat plan I just wasn't losing any weight? I started the diet plan before I started the pill I lost a bit of weight on the plan but the pill didn't make any difference one way or another. To this day I don't know why you'd go on that pill if you're already eating low-fat. Now if you're like Jack Sprat's wife and you can eat no lean, then taking a pill that blocks fat absorption makes a lot of sense to me. But if you're not eating any fat, what's the pill blocking?

Moving on to Meridia, quoting from WebMD here:

"Meridia (sibutramine) helps reduce hunger by working on the appetite control center in the brain that makes you feel full.
"Meridia can help add 5%-10% additive weight loss that you would not get with diet and exercise alone" says Dr. Lou Aronne.
Side effects include dry mouth, constipation, and insomnia. Meridia should not be used by anyone with cardiovascular risk factors."
My experience with Meridia is that it just didn't work, period. I checked in with the doctor every few weeks, the most I lost was 6lbs. Those 6lbs cost me $100s of dollars. I sincerely hope that the cost has gone down, but when I was taking it, it cost me $100 every two weeks as I recall and that was a discounted

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