Are You On This Diet Drug?

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Roche's Xenical or GlaxoSmithKline's Alli. If you are, then please stop because active ingredient in both of these drugs called orlistat known to inhibit the absorption of fat in the gut is responsible for liver and kidney damages. According to Reuters, Canadian researchers found that 0.5 percent of new orlistat users were hospitalized for kidney problems in the year before starting on the drug. Over the next year, that number jumped to 2 percent. It is believed that the new study on orlistat is based on 953 new users of orlistat and is published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. So before you pop in the next pill, please check with your doctor or reconsider. Ref: http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20110413-273451.html