Alli Liver Damage Side Effects Reports
Earlier this spring the much anticipated and self professed miracle diet pill, Alli was introduced to Great Britain.
An estimated £1m worth of product was sold with many oulets running dry in just a few hours.
The USA, as is usually the case, had availability much earlier – summer 2008. The initial reaction from American consumers towards the pharmaceutical diet drug was that one or two slightly embarrasing side effects (anal leakage, coined the Alli Oops) were common place but nothing out of the ordinary.
Now it seems that the infamous Alli Oops is not the only cause for concern.
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A far more sinister potential health issue has been documented with both the FDA (US) and MHRA (UK) governmental departments revealing that Alli could be linked to liver damage.
Health Concerns Over Alli
Alli utilises the same active ingredient, Orlistat as the most commonly prescribed diet pill, Xenical
Xenical has been available GP administration since 2001 and although reports of serious side effects have been few and far between – one is possibly one too many.
The pharmaceutical juggernaught, GlaxoSmithKline, responsible for producing Alli released a statement saying “the safety of our customers was of ‘utmost importance’ to us and that it supplied all information about adverse effects to Government drugs bodies.” – meaning the FDA and the MHRA.
A spokesman for the FDA (Food and drugs Adminstration) 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”
The Future Of Alli
this could be that the days are numbered for Alli and could follow suit to several other chemically manufactured diet tablets to be removed from public domain – earlier this year saw a prescription appetite suppressant Acomplia Rimonbant withdrawn amid similar safety concerns.
If Alli is removed from the commercial market is have very serious finacial conotations for the pharmaceutical indutry.
The weight loss and health supplment market is worth billions to the industry in many parts of the world – public confidence could 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.
Natural Alternatives To Alli
Stopping fat absorption is one the most effective ways to reduce calorie consumption.
The natural world offers several alternatives to the man made chemically produced products. Proactol, for example, is a natural fat binder that is often compared to Alli.
Proactol can prevent up to 25% of the fat from the food you eat from being digisted, unlike Alli, it does not pose such of an anal leakage problem.
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The issue of side effects is largely negated with products derived from the natural world – the main ingredient present in Proactol is extract from the Optuntia Ficus India Cactus a cactus, more commonly known as the Prickly Pear. The prickly pear has hundreds if not thousands of years of history of usage by many different civilations.
The most common use over the last few years is aimed towards tackling the source of obesity – but the prickly pear is thought to produce an aphrodisiac effect and also documented to provide relief from the symptoms of excessive alcohol consumption.
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