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Weight-Loss Drug Orlistat Approved for Purchase Without Prescription By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Posted Tue, Feb 20, 2007, 3:24 am PST

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  • 16. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 9:37 am PST

    Maybe soon I'll be able to go to McD's for 3 - Quarter pounders & then Dairy Queen & eat a Banana Split....drop a few Alli's & not have to worry about my health & getting fat...Modern medicine or is this the beginning of something sicker?

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  • 17. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 9:38 am PST

    Maybe soon I'll be able to go to McD's for 3 - Quarter pounders & then Dairy Queen & eat a Banana Split....drop a few Alli's & not have to worry about my health & getting fat...Modern medicine or is this the beginning of something sicker?

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  • 18. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 9:39 am PST

    Maybe soon I'll be able to go to McD's for 3 - Quarter pounders & then Dairy Queen & eat a Banana Split....drop a few Alli's & not have to worry about my health & getting fat...Modern medicine or is this the beginning of something sicker?

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  • 19. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 9:39 am PST

    Maybe soon I'll be able to go to McD's for 3 - Quarter pounders & then Dairy Queen & eat a Banana Split....drop a few Alli's & not have to worry about my health & getting fat...Modern medicine or is this the beginning of something sicker?

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  • 20. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 9:39 am PST

    Maybe soon I'll be able to go to McD's for 3 - Quarter pounders & then Dairy Queen & eat a Banana Split....drop a few Alli's & not have to worry about my health & getting fat...Modern medicine or is this the beginning of something sicker?

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  • 21. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 9:46 am PST

    Maybe soon I'll be able to go to McD's for 3 - Quarter pounders & then Dairy Queen & eat a Banana Split....drop a few Alli's & not have to worry about my health & getting fat...Modern medicine or is this the beginning of something sicker?

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  • 22. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 9:49 am PST

    it can be purchased otc in june

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  • 23. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 10:01 am PST

    It's still plecebo.

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  • 24. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 10:23 am PST

    I have taken Xenical before and its was pretty bad. It does make you watch what you eat because you are affraid of going to the bathroom in your pants and having a stain from the fatty food you consume. I dont recommend this product at all trust me!!

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  • 25. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 10:29 am PST

    Hey fat lazy Americans- I have an even better idea... How about watching what you eat and get off the coach and actually do some exercise?

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  • 26. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 10:30 am PST

    Hey heres a better Idea, cut out sugars and carbs... Switch to proteins and exercise. Its reAlly that simple. Just another drug for the fat lazy american consumer to buy.

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  • 27. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 10:36 am PST

    after i had my son, i lost about 70 pounds. it took over a year, but i did it by diet and exercise alone. though i will say, when you increase your intake of fruits and veggies, frequent stoolage happens too! i rather spend the money on a gym membership or on organic food.

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  • 28. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 10:38 am PST

    To 'laughalf': get therapy and stop posting hateful messages. By the way, obesity and lifestyles have no ethnicity barriers.

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  • 29. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 10:39 am PST

    To 'laughalf': get therapy and stop posting hateful messages. By the way, obesity and lifestyles have no ethnicity barriers.

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  • 30. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 10:41 am PST

    There is no magic pill!! Eat healthy and exercise everyday. Don't be so desperate to believe that a pill will change your life. It will not. You have to do the work yourself. Did anyone see the piece on 20/20 about LA weight loss? Stay away from those places also!! What a rip-off. I can't believe that people can be sucked into these scams everyday and lose tons of money.

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