User Review #26 by jayla ryan on September 19th, 2008 at 3:12 PM CDT

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I definitely dont recommend alli. I took it for 3 months didnt lose any weight but as soon as I stopped taking the pills (cuz of the nasty side effects) I gained 20 pounds!!! I was eating right counting my calorie and fat intake (as required) and nothing happened accept I couldnt fart cuz Id crap myself. The crap is oil and Id be sleeping and need to fart in the middle of the night and forget I was on alli so Id fart and out came oily crap right thru my undies onto the sheets of my bed which I had to change the sheets few times in the week. It might work for some but it definitely did nothing for me accept embarrass me.

I definitely dont recommend alli. I took it for 3 months didnt lose any weight but as soon as I stopped taking the pills (cuz of the nasty side effects) I gained 20 pounds!!! I was eating right counting my calorie and fat intake (as required) and nothing happened accept I couldnt fart cuz Id crap myself. The crap is oil and Id be sleeping and need to fart in the middle of the night and forget I was on alli so Id fart and out came oily crap right thru my undies onto the sheets of my bed which I had to change the sheets few times in the week. It might work for some but it definitely did nothing for me accept embarrass me.

User Review #25 by Debbi Price on September 16th, 2008 at 1:15 PM CDT

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I started taking Alli pills last summer and the first week of Sept. went to the hospital with my first bought of diverticulitis. I was hospitalized for a few days and due to the diet they put me on, I stopped taking Alli and just never started back up. The doctor was surprised I got diverticulitis because I was only 35 years old and that disease usually strikes people in their 60's. This summer I started taking Alli again, and just like last time, the first week of September I was in the hospital again for diverticulitis. My colon has finally healed and I was just about to take my first Alli pill when I realized, "It might be the Alli pills causing the change in my bowels that is making me get the diverticulitis!!! I searched the internet and found that there are many people out there thinking that their diverticulitis is linked to Alli. I am very suspicious since both times I took the Alli, I came down with Diverticulitis and I never had it before. And I am unusually young to have this disease.

I started taking Alli pills last summer and the first week of Sept. went to the hospital with my first bought of diverticulitis. I was hospitalized for a few days and due to the diet they put me on, I stopped taking Alli and just never started back up. The doctor was surprised I got diverticulitis because I was only 35 years old and that disease usually strikes people in their 60's. This summer I started taking Alli again, and just like last time, the first week of September I was in the hospital again for diverticulitis. My colon has finally healed and I was just about to take my first Alli pill when I realized, "It might be the Alli pills causing the change in my bowels that is making me get the diverticulitis!!! I searched the internet and found that there are many people out there thinking that their diverticulitis is linked to Alli. I am very suspicious since both times I took the Alli, I came down with Diverticulitis and I never had it before. And I am unusually young to have this disease.

User Review #24 by Becky on August 17th, 2008 at 2:21 AM CDT

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Beware of Alli pills. I took them for four weeks and my digestive system took a beating, however, I probably ate too much fat with the pills. Anyway, I developed pain in my upper right side abdomen that progressed across my stomach and back after taking the pills. After two emergency room visits, a colonoscopy, an EGD (scope down my throat), we finally realized what is wrong with me. I have pancreatitis and feel confident it is from the pills. I have stopped eating "fat" in my diet to heal my pancreas. So far it is working and I will never put another diet pill in my mouth again. The old fashion way of losing weight with eating less and exercising sounds much more appealing to me. It is much safer and less expensive (medical bills).

Beware of Alli pills. I took them for four weeks and my digestive system took a beating, however, I probably ate too much fat with the pills. Anyway, I developed pain in my upper right side abdomen that progressed across my stomach and back after taking the pills. After two emergency room visits, a colonoscopy, an EGD (scope down my throat), we finally realized what is wrong with me. I have pancreatitis and feel confident it is from the pills. I have stopped eating "fat" in my diet to heal my pancreas. So far it is working and I will never put another diet pill in my mouth again. The old fashion way of losing weight with eating less and exercising sounds much more appealing to me. It is much safer and less expensive (medical bills).