Does Diet Drug Alli Have a Fatal Side Effect?
The diet drug Alli, which is causing the latest weight loss medication sensation in the news lately, is the nonprescription form of the prescription weight loss drug Xenical, which has been sold for some time under the name and has been rebirthed as a nonprescription strength drug that can help you lose weight.
But the side effects most notoriously tied to Alli and Xenical are that you may suffer runny stools since it does not allow full absorption of fats, and also unpleasant gas and gastric pain. Yeah, these are really unpleasant and embarrassing side effects, but are they actually harmful? Well, one group does think so, and even goes so far as to say that Alli is linked to colon cancer, which can be a fatal disease as we all know.
The consumer advocacy group claims that clinical trials on mice show that the diet drug had caused precancerous lesions in the colon. They say that the FDA should have never approved the drug for over the counter use because there are really no studies that prove that over the long term this will not cause the same in humans that consume the diet drug.
The drug actually expels excess fat consumed by the person who is taking the drug and that is the reason for the runny stool, because the excess fat has to go somewhere. I remember the same side effect occurred with the Olestra fake fat that was on the market for a while, and I remember some pretty unpleasant side effects from that as well, it just didn’t feel natural, like you were sort of playing a dangerous game with your colon and digestive system by eating foods that are supposed to be absorbed by the body and are instead expelled through an unnatural process. I would say a carb blocker would be a safer way to go if you’re concerned about losing weight and want to expel excess carbs from your body instead of fat.
