Originally Posted by Bob

Orlistat - General Information

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Orlistat is a treatment which has an appeal to the masses, and trials have been both long and very thorough. The one year efficiency statistics showed that on average between 35.5% and 54.8% of patients lost 5% or more of their body fat and between 16.4% and 24.8% lost 10% or more of their body fat. While these results themselves are very encouraging, it was perhaps the fact that the trial subjects regained up to 35% of their body fat once they stopped taking the treatment. These trials were presented in a manner which convinced the FDA that the dug should be made available over the counter, marketed as Alli.