FDA may approve 1;5 Billion Dollar Rip Off of the American Consumer

Released on = January 24, 2006, 7:02 pm

Press Release Author = Http://www.InlandEmpireBootCamp.com

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = Glaxo said it estimated 5 million to 6 million Americans a
year would buy the drug if offered over the counter. Those numbers could mean at
least $1.5 billion a year in retail sales

Press Release Body = One Rancho Cucamonga, California based Women Only Adventure
Boot Camp http//.www.InlandEmpireBootCamp.com has declared it\'s own private
non-confrontational war on the insanity of the FDA panel potentially approving
over-the-counter diet pill "Xenical".

http//.www.InlandEmpireBootCamp.com are trying to point out often overlooked
information to their participants in an attempt to educate them on the reality of
diet pills that lead them down the proverbial road "Magic Pill"

"There is no magic pill for weight loss and orlistat is not a magic pill" said John
Dent, the pharmaceutical company\'s senior vice president of research and
development.

Reality Fact Check #1

The unpleasantness of the (United Kingdom-based GlaxoSmithKline\'s) drug\'s side
effects, including \"involuntary leakage\" of undigested fat, should limit its abuse,
said Dr. Howard Eisenson, director of the Duke Diet and Fitness Center in Durham,
N.C.

Reality Fact Check #2

FDA reviewer Dr. Karen Feibus said the primary concern with the drug is its
potential to create vitamin deficiencies, since its use also would block absorption
of fat-soluble vitamins like D, E, K and beta-carotene.

Once again the all mighty dollar has, scratch that might have over ruled common
sense and replaced it with a few people who will line there own pockets with the
money of the desperate, confused and misguided public of which will be mostly women.
The company plans to limit sales of the drug to adults and It expects women to make
up 80 percent of the expected market for the drug, which is why Tony & Molli
Rathstone, owners of the women only boot camp are desperately trying to get the rest
of the story out to their participants.

Reality Fact Check #3

When taken with meals, orlistat blocks the absorption of about one-quarter of any
fat consumed. That fat - the equivalent of about 150 to 200 calories - is passed out
of the body in stools, which can be loose or oily as a result. The product does
nothing about the fat that is already on your body!

In six-month clinical trials, obese people who took orlistat lost on average 5.3
pounds to 6.2 pounds more than did those who were given dummy pills or less then 120
calories a day, the equilivant of walking the dog for 30 minutes however the The
proposed over-the-counter orlistat pill, called Alli (pronounced "ally"), would
contain half the dose of the prescription capsule, or now walking the dog for 15
minutes.

Reality Fact Check #4

Other side effects include gas, incontinence and oily spotting. About half of
patients in trials experienced such side effects, the company said. Which means you
may have "poop" leaking out of your butt uncontrollably instead of walking your dog
for 15 minutes

Reality Fact Check #5

A previous study showed a progressive weight gain in patients after they
discontinued use of orlistat, said Dr. Julie Golden, a medical officer in the FDA\'s
division of metabolism and endocrinology products


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