I just had something rather interesting happen to me in the last 5 minutes.... a dietician just tried to talk me out of having Lapband and taking the prescription medication Xenical(orlistat). Who here has tried it? What are the pro's and con's to this product? This gal kept pushing the "natural" route for weight loss vs having surgery. Exercise and lifestyle change entered into the conversation. If I could have lost weight with NATURAL EXERCISE AND LIFESYLE change I don't think I would be having this discussion right now! I am truly amazed at the things I hear on this journey. Input needed,

when i asked my pcp about it a couple years ago, he told me it increased your chances of getting colon cancer. i tried it anyway and didnt lose enough to be worth it.

hi, i also took it 16 months ago, for a couple of days doesn't work at all did nothing but made me sick to my stomache and wond up in the hospital with bad cramps in my stomache i called the doctor who gave it to me and told me not to take it anymore not good. so recommed not to take it at all.

hugs ann38

Never tried Xenical but I did try Meridia as part of my supervised wl efforts with my doctor and let me just say that stuff ain't any better. For 5 months I went on and off of Meridia b/c I was getting wicked stomach pains, so I would start and stop hoping the pain would go away. Talk about tootin. But just a reminder that these pills are supposed to be taken with a low fat diet (aka, oily farts) if your going to eat high fat foods and take these pills your gonna experience more skid marks in your brookies. IMHO they are unrealistic attempts at WL.

Sorry you had a bad experience with the knucklehead dietitian.... tsk tsk.

My dh took it and he had lots of underwear changes due to the side effects mentioned above. I can't believe a dietician would recommend this product. Can you believe they are going to make it over the counter???:confused: