This medication is used along with a doctor-approved reduced-calorie diet, exercise, and behavior modification program to help significantly overweight (obese) persons lose weight. Taking orlistat can also help prevent you from regaining the weight you have lost. Losing weight and keeping it off can reduce the many health risks that come with obesity, including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, some forms of cancer,...
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Diet pills such as Xenical and its over-the-counter version Alli cannot replace the necessity of healthy eating and exercise, says Dr. Art Mollen.... Read more »
Alli, the over-the-counter version of the weight-loss prescription Xenical, has hit drugstores in the United States. But some experts worry that diet... Read more »
By late June Alli--the low-dose generic version of popular diet pill Xenical--will be available to American consumers. But experts stress that the... Read more »