Don't know because I never tried it. I did lose alot of weight with Phentermine though. I lost like 40 pounds in 2 months with it.

Chericline, did you have to keep taking the pills to keep the weight off? And, how much of a change in your eating habits did you have to make?

Hi Debby98 yes xenical does work but you have to be in the right frame of mind to take it.
You cant take this and eat loads of fried food or fatty foods because you will end up with stomach ache and dirohea.
but if you have good will power you can tak this and stick to a low calorie diet and excercise and loose.
Good luck x

I think that is the same thing as Alli, only Alli is the otc name now. I took it. The side effects are a b*tch if you overdo the fat but I believe it helps if you use it properly.

Sorry to be a party pooper...no pun intended but I tried Xenical and I sh*t my brains out on it! I know I was probably eating a little fat but it didn't seem to matter how much I ate it was disgusting. Not to get graphic but oily BM's not my thing. Spending hours on the toilet or having to run to the nearest one...no thanks! The thing about it is if I had the willpower to eat no fat why would I need it ya know??? Seems rather silly and expensive. Just eat prunes and it would prolly have the same effect. Sorry I don't have a nicer opinion but I just thought you'd like the straight goods.

GL Hugs Kate

I am really interested in Phentermine though since I've seen a lot about it on the site. Seems it's worked for people. I don't know if I could get it in Canada though. Anyone know??

Not sure about xenical but I do take phentermine. I have been on it a little over a month and have lost like 18 pounds so far.

I was put on this by my doctor and hated it. I was eating extreamly healthy while I was on these but still lost alot of orange oil which just pours out from your backside. I couldn't stay on them long enough to see if they worked because the above side effect was disgusting and for me unbareable to cope with.
They make all the fat you eat kind of bypass everything which in theory should work briliantly as if your not taking on any more you'l just be burning the extra fat off. But when I say it pours out of you I mean it pours out of you lol.
My male friend was also on them for a while and had to use sanitary towels to soak up all the oil which also smells really bad.

Sorry to be so graphic, I know it's foul!

To rate Xenical, you first have to understand what it does, otherwise you're rating it based on expectations not applicable to it. Xenical is not an appetite suppressor, like Phentermine. Although I no longer take it, I did take Xenical for several months. At first, I, too, had to stay near a bathroom, because when I had to go, I *HAD* to go fast, although it quickly became easy to time when I'd have to go to the bathroom from the time I ate something and took the Xenical. It's a very predictable drug in how it acts and when it acts. Once you understand that, it's easier to prevent 'accidents'. The other thing, and the best thing about it, is that what you eat also determines what problems you have with the drug. Unlike another poster said, Xenical does NOT make ALL the fat you eat 'bypass everything'. XENICAL works in your digestive system to block about one-third of the fat in the food you eat from being digested. The undigested fat cannot be absorbed and is eliminated in your bowel movements. Now, if you eat a lot of fatty or oily foods, then you'll be going to the bathroom more often than if you don't. When you're on Xenical, if you're being intelligent about taking it and doing what you're supposed to do, you quickly learn what foods will be 'messy' for you, and what foods won't. Because of that, it helps your willpower in learning to avoid certain foods, or to alter some of your food choices. It worked wonders for me while I was on it -- I lost about 30 lbs the first month on Xenical, and over the course of about 4 months on it, I lost about 110 lbs. The reason I stopped taking it was because by then I had altered my food choices enough that my fat intake had become too small to get full use out of the Xenical, so with my doctor's permission and agreement, I stopped taking it. It did what it was supposed to do, and helped me change certain choices in my life which have given me a healthier food lifestyle.

Also, someone mentioned that Alli, the OTC drug, is the same as Xenical. It is not exactly the same. The Alli diet pill itself is a reduced strength version of the prescription weight loss drug Xenical.

As for Phentermine, I will never take that drug again. I took it for about 2 months several years ago, when I had a different doctor who wasn't that particular about prescribing fad drugs simply on request of a patient. Never again will I take it, nor do I recommend it to anyone. The side effects, the type of drug it is, and the tremendous potential for serious and/or harmful/fatal problems is too great a risk for me. Phentermine works on the CNS as is also listed as a drug of abuse. I have seen too many friends and co-workers end up with serious medical problems caused by Phentermine to have any good thoughts about it.

I've been on Xenical for 3 months now and I've lost around 35 lbs so far.

The side effects go away after a while.

You have to reduce fats and calories to lose weight you can't just keep your current eating habits and expect to lose weight.