Buy Walking VideosAlli Commercial Doesn’t Tell The Whole Truth
Alli is an over-the-counter weight loss drug that recently came out. There have been some commercials for it.
Unfortunately, the commercials don’t tell you about the embarrassing side effects. Even if you go to their website, they don’t give you full disclosure of the side effects.
This parody of the commercial is a little more honest, if not vulgar:
This video would have been MUCH more effective if it had only included the REAL side effects instead of adding all those fake ones. There are enough real side effects as it is. Here is the complete list of Alli side effects from Ask Doc Web:
- Abdominal discomfort or pain
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Diarrhea, generally mild and goes away
- Dizziness
- Earache
- Fatigue
- Fatty or oily stools – 20% of patients
- Fecal urgency or incontinence – 22.1% of patients
- Flu
- Gas with fecal discharge, generally mild and goes away – 23.9% of patients
- Gum problems
- Headache
- Increased defecation
- Incontinence (fecal) – 7.7% of patients
- leaky stools in some patients temporarily
- Menstrual problems
- Muscle pain
- Nausea
- Rectal discomfort or pain
- Respiratory tract infections
- Skin rash
- Sleep problems
- Stomach cramps
- Tooth problems
- Urgency to have a bowel movement
- Urinary tract infections
- Vaginal inflammation
- Vomiting
- Less common side effects may include dry skin, ear/nose/throat problems and joint disorders.
- Side effects that usually occur after the first year of treatment include depression, leg pain, swollen feet and tendonitis.
With all these risks, I can’t imagine why anyone is even buying Alli. I deal with symptoms very similar to this when I have an outbreak of IBS. I wouldn’t wish them on my worst enemy. Don’t spend your hard earned dollars to make yourself so sick that you will eat healthy.
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January 15th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Does anyone know or have heard of a correlation between taking Alli and muscle strains and tears? I have been on it for over 8 months and about 4 months ago tore a hamstring and strained my rotator cuff. Is this product depleting something in my body that plays a key role in muscle function? Any comments or assistance would be appreciated.
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:00 pm
I was looking on the website for muscle sorness and alli. Everytime I take it I get sore calf or what seems like gout soreness the muscle of my feet.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:22 am
I have been taking Alli and am also experiencing muscle pain, cramps, joint pain very similar to side effects of crestor and tricor statin drugs. I stopped as soon as I realized what this meant!
July 10th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Would like to know if you (Michael Glenner) are from the chicago area. I worked with a personal trainer by this name and wondered where you had moved to.
July 21st, 2009 at 9:24 am
Yes Nick I use to be from the Chicago area. Please write at sbwconsult@aol.com
March 16th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
I too began experiencing severe muscle and joint pain after 9 months of otherwise symptomless use of Alli. My doctor cannot locate the cause and has ruled out arthritis,etc. I contacted the Alli website to know whether they could help. I just recieved an email in which they bluntly refused to answer or post my question in their blog. Do they know something we don’t but should? The statin drugs were on the market for 3 years before Merck finally got around to admitting they caused muscle pain.