I used Orlistat a few years ago (from the DR), I was already eating 'low fat' but thought I would give it a go.
I had no side effects (because I stuck to low-fat foods) and had a good initial weight loss....however...I found (mentally) it gave me a 'ticket' to eat anything as long as it was low-fat! The problem with this is that a lot of low fat foods compensate by having very high sugar/carbs and therfore high in calories! My weight loss eventually ceased and my weight started to increase! I got fed up and stopped!
Moral of my story.....keep an eye on the food lables...Low-fat may = high calories/sugar!
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