Comments on: Low-carb over-the-counter-weight-loss-drug alert.

By: mreades

mreades — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:50:36 +0000

The big risk is an acute gall bladder attack, so the fact that yours has been removed gets rid of most of that risk. Some people develop an increase in size of the duct that use to carry the bile from the gall bladder and can still have problems, so the risk isn’t zero.

Other risks are depression and lack of absorption of fat-soluble vitamins.

By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:21:21 +0000

i have my gall bladder removed for 8yrs now.. should i not take alli?

By: Zari

Zari — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:48:59 +0000

Hi there. I just wanted to make a suggestion. Have u tried Reductil or Phentermine? Very similar but of the 2 Phentermine would have less adverse side effects. The best one is Phentermine 37.5 mg

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:42:46 +0000

“A very low-fat diet” with Alli? Alli assumes that you are eating about 45g of fat a day. From what I have read, 27-30g a day is needed just for good health. If you are eating less than that and/or blocking that fat needed for good health with the Alli, yes, there will be problems.

I have Alli, but since my diet is very low-fat I don’t take it everyday. I know I need some fat for my health and don’t want to block that with the Alli. I think that Alli is fine if you are eating 45+ grams of fat a day, but if you are getting 30g or less you are wasting your money and ruining your health.

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:09:44 +0000

I have taken Alli for the past three weeks, following the diet pretty strictly. I have had no problems with “treatment effects” or any pain. I did have my Gallbladder out a year before I started this plan so I am not effected that way. I found that if you follow the diet as it’s meant to be, it can work for you. I have lost 15 pounds so far and have a long ways to go but I am going to continue with Alli. So not all is bad with Alli if you follow the diet they way your supposed to, I’m sorry to hear about all the people having Gallbladder problems and think that maybe it may be something else that caused this problem and Alli just made you all aware that there was a problem.

By: janie p

janie p — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:21:29 +0000

Oh and also, if you think the cosmic pizza grease stuff is unpleasant, wait till you start experiencing pain from your gallbladder having gallstones in it. It will make that other stuff seem EVER so trivial.

By: janie p

janie p — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:15:23 +0000

I started taking Alli the last week of November 2009 and then on January 1 2010 I had my first gallbladder attack. During the time I took Alli, (about 5 weeks total) a lost about 17 lbs. Of course I was excercising every day and following a very low fat low calorie diet. My first gallbladder attack scared me, so I stopped taking Alli right away and didn’t use it during the month of January because I figured this was what was causing the bouts of pain. But, even without the pills I continued to have the attacks and ended up in the ER on Feb 6 2010. I was diagnosed with gallstones AND severe pancreatitis -doctors said due to the gallstones. Anyone who’s ever had this knows it is not fun at all. I even heard one woman say that the pain is worse than being in labor. Anyway, I was in the hospital for about a week and a half -they had to wait for my pancreas to become less inflamed before the could remove my gallbladder. No food or drink during this time -not even water. I have for the most part been a generally healthy person ( with of course the exception of needing to lose a few). I can tell you that being in the hospital with pancreatitis was hands down the worst experience of my life! I just turned 25, and if I could do it over again I would have NEVER taken Alli. I firmly believe this drug was the cause of my recent health problems and I will tell anyone and everyone I know not to use it because it’s not worth sacrificing your health and well being. Lose weight the natural way! I did it before, and I wish I would have had enough common sense to do it this time.

By: mreades

mreades — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:30:21 +0000

It will certainly un-back things up, but probably not in a fashion you would enjoy. It would be difficult to use Alli on a low-carb diet because a low-carb diet is typically a higher-fat diet. Alli blocks the fat absorption, so excess fat moves on out in a most unpleasant fashion. If I were you, I would switch to shakes and other lower-cal, low-carb foods to knock of the last 10-15 pounds. Then go on a good quality low-carb maintenance diet.

By: Wes

Wes — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:47:59 +0000

I’m currently on a low-carb diet and have lost over 100-lbs but have about 10-15 lbs more I would like to drop and have “stalled” I was curious would alli be good idea just to help drop those last 10-15 lbs? From what I’ve heard Alli would also help to keep things moving as low carb tends to back things up a lil bit…

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:53:39 +0000

I am considering taking Alli and have been reading a lot of information on it but have yet to see any comments or any information for people that have had their gallbladder removed. Is it still okay to take Alli if I’ve had my gallbladder removed?

Should be less of a problem than if your gall bladder were still in place.