Alli Orlistat Could Face Ban

Alli Orlistat, the once miracle but now rather controversial diet pill could become the banned diet pill if health regulatory watchdogs get their way.

Alli became the first pharmaceutically produced diet pill that could be purchased over the counter in the UK back in April 2009.

Six months on and GlaxoSmithKline’s wonder weight loss product could become one of its most embarrassing.

It seems not a week passes without the media picking up on some kind of controversy surrounding Alli. The most recent was a BBC news article featuring the lengths that buyers will go to purchase.

The initial regulations set in place for anyone wanting to buy Alli were not entirley straight forward.

How to Buy Alli In Store Or Online

To qualify to purchase in store at the likes of Boots, Superdrug and other high street chemists, potential buyers were asked to first consult with the pharmacist were he or she would calculate a BMI (Body Mass Index) and then the pharmacist would decide whether or not to allow a purchase.

A BMI score of 28 or above would qualify a purchase.

Although Alli is technically free to buy without prescription it is still classified as a diet drug and so some kind of regulation had to put in place, no matter how loose.

Now its seems buyers have taken to buying Alli online and skirting around these rather loose and ambigious regulations by completing the required online form using false and inacurate details.

Anorexia And Bulimia Suffers Buying Ali Online

The Royal College of GPs says it’s a serious concern and BEAT, the UK’s leading eating disorder charity, says it is aware of  customers with anorexia and bulimia are getting hold of Alli.

They’re avoiding face-to-face contact with a pharmacist by buying from authorised chemists online and getting the pills delivered by royal mail.

GlaxoSmithKlines rebuttal appears to be understated and rather calm.

A spokesman for Glaxo says “more than one hundred clinical trials on thirty thousand people across the globe have proved Alli is safe.” Although this doesn’t really address the problem as to why a weight loss product is being sold to people with eating disorders!

Glaxosmithkline say it simply won’t have much effect on someone with an eating disorder such as bulimia and anorexia because there is so little fat in their diet.

For information as to how Alli works – Read the Alli Review

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Can Alli Cause Liver Damage

In April of this year (2009) Alli, the  pharmaceutically produced diet pill was introduced to the UK.

On the day of release an estimated £1m worth of stock was sold with high street stockists such as Boots, Superdrug and many online dispensaries selling out within a few days.

Alli was released a year earlier in the United States and even though 12 months of Alli usage by US consumers revealed an embarrassing but mostly incovenient side effect nothing of serious nature was documented.

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Now its seems a far more sinister side effect has been  reported with both the FDA (US) and MHRA (UK) governmental bodies revealing that Alli could be linked to some serious health issues including liver damage.

FDA And MHRA Warn Over Potential Serious Side Effects

The main ingredient in Alli is Orlistat – the chemical compound that is also present in the prescription only Xenical.

Xenical has been available since the turn of the century and although reports of serious side effects have been few and far between – one is possibly one too many.

GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceutical giant who manufactures Alli released a statement saying “the safety of consumers was of ‘utmost importance’ to the company and that it supplied all information about adverse effects to Government drugs bodies.” – meaning the FDA and the MHRA.

A spokesman for the FDA said: ‘We have received rare reports of hepatitis and other liver-related laboratory abnormalities in people taking orlistat. The FDA is closely monitoring this issue to determine the need for any regulatory action”

What Now For Alli

Could it be that Alli is the lastest pharmaceutical slimming drug to be removed from public consumption – earlier this year saw a prescription appetite suppressant Acomplia Rimonbant withdrawn amid similar safety concerns.

If Alli is withdrawn from the market it will leave the major pharmaceutical companies in a very precarious position.

The diet pill and slimming tablet industry is worth billions in many parts of the world – public confidence will be completely destroyed.

The natural world competes with the pharmaceutical world and any move by either the FDA or the MHRA will shift the power back to more naturally produced products.

Alli Alternatives

Whichever side of the fence you sit on you have to give credit to mother nature – whilst chemists and science are busy forumlating the latest and greatest slimming products, natural substances such as PhenQ have been available for millenniums.

Man has yet to formulate a product that can suppress appetite as effectively and without causing health issues as PhenQ

More about PhenQ

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Lipobind Diet Success Story

Former page 3 pin up, Melinda Messenger has proved she is just more than just eye candy by carving out a career for herself in television and radio.

Melinda 37, who recently starred in ITV’s Dancing On Ice admits that she always struggled with her weight

At just over 5ft her hips, tummy, thighs and certain other attributes have always been overly pronounced.

The former page 3 stunner has now chosen a career where her curves are not under so much scrutiny as they once where and so keeping her weight under control is not as essential as it once was.

“I’m reaching 40 now and need to be very careful as my metabolism has started to decrease. I always eat more when I’m emotional and the last 12 months have put on more than a stone. I felt bigger for my frame and wasn’t confident about my shape.  I know I shouldn’t, but when I’m having a bad day I can’t help snacking on cakes and all the naughty foods”

Melinda Messenger Diet Success

Melinda has reportedly lost a stone and half in recent months attributing her weight loss success to a more active lifestyle bourne out of her fitness regime required for Dancing on Ice.

“After appearing in Dancing on Ice, I took up skating, cycling and rowing. I started to eat much healthier and took LIPObind to help manage my diet and fat consumption whilst on the road and the weight began to drop off.”

Lipobind – The UK’s Best Selling Diet Pill

Lipobind is the self proclaimed best selling diet pill in the UK it has hit the the media pretty hard in recent months with advertisments appearing on television and within glossy magazines.

Lipobind is a natural diet supplement made from dried cactus extract that helps reduce the amount of fat our body absorbs from the food we eat.

In clinical trials it has been shown to remove up to 25% (a quarter) of undigested fats from a standard meal.

Read More About Lipobind

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