Those with eating disorders:
“Because it’s been approved by the FDA, people think it’s safe. But if patients are already at a healthy weight and are using Alli as part of their eating disorder, then it is not safe. It can make an eating disorder even worse because it magnifies symptoms these patients already have.”
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Uexpected? Unexpected? LOL.
The first place I saw Alli advertised was Vogue Magazine. I don’t know how familiar you are with the readership of that mag, or the figure philosophy of that periodical….suffice it to say, in my not so outlandish opinion, the ads were directed at the normal who want to be super-thin or those who want to maintain a sample-sized or “couture” figure.
I don’t use Alli much, but I have used it before the odd restaurant meal or treat. I had zero GI symptoms, but reported headache (though I didn’t see how it could possibly be related to ALLI use), and I’m reporting some facial edema now too, that I hadn’t related to the pill.
I have stopped using it, because the headaches are unpleasant.
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